The impact of absorptive capacity on technological acquisitions engineering consulting companies

被引：52

作者：

del Carmen Haro-Dominguez, Ma ^{[1
]}

Arias-Aranda, Daniel ^{[1
]}

Javier Llorens-Montes, F. ^{[1
]}

Ruiz Moreno, Antonia ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Granada, Dept Org Empresas, E-18071 Granada, Spain

来源：

TECHNOVATION | 2007年 / 27卷 / 08期

关键词：

innovation; technological acquisitions; absorptive capacity;

D O I：

10.1016/j.technovation.2007.04.003

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

In this study, the influence of absorptive capacity on the decisions about technological acquisitions is analyzed on the basis of the impact on the firm performance. Such relationships are studied over a sample of 250 Spanish engineering consulting firms. The results obtained show that the degree of absorptive capacity influences positively both external and internal acquisition types of technology. Both technological decisions types influence organizational performance significantly and positive even though evidence shows a significant and negative relation between these decisions. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：417 / 425

页数：9

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