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Entry Date 2024-01-29
Source Zahra SA, George G. Absorptive capacity: A review, reconceptualization, and extension. Academy of management review. 2002;27(2):185-203.
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Source Type Review /Overview
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Subdomain1 Organisations
Subdomain2 Absorptive capacity
Key Points A lengthy but important review and re-thinking of the original concept by Cohen and Levinson (qv this database Entry no 55) of the ability of any organisation including those in the healthcare industry to discover and use new information. These authors make the key separation into two phases the potential vs the realized absorptive capacity for organizational learning innovation, and the factors that impair this transformation.
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