• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.61-80
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• 2021

As the business environment becomes more rapid and unpredictable change, greater diversity, increased complexity, and intensified competitive pressures, supply chain risk management has been growing attention over the past several decades. However, little of known about how absorptive capacity can mitigate supply chain risk for improving operational performance despite its important role in responding to supply chain risk. Therefore, we aim to examine the role of organizational-level absorptive capacity on operational performance, and further identify how the interplay of individual-level and organizational-level absorptive capacity results in operational performance. Our results represent not only direct but also indirect effects of supply chain risk on operational performance, mediated by organizational-level absorptive capacity. Furthermore, this study reveals that individual-level absorptive capacity enhances the effect of organizational-level absorptive capacity on operational performance.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.209-225
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between IT human capability and knowledge transfer and the role of absorptive capacity between them. From the test of both measurement and structural model using Partial Least Squares (PLS), IT human capability is found to be significant to absorptive capacity and knowledge transfer. Absorptive capacity is also significantly related to knowledge transfer. The interesting result found in this study is that the path of absorptive capacity drawn from IT human capability to knowledge transfer is stronger than the direct relationship between IT human capability and knowledge transfer, indicating that absorptive capacity plays an important role in knowledge transfer. This result indicates that IT personnel with stronger technical skill, interpersonal skill and management capability are more likely to acquire and learn knowledge effectively from outside expertise. Moreover, this study shows that absorptive capacity, the individual’s ability to utilize external knowledge is derived from IT human capability and strongly effects on transferring knowledge from outsourcing vendors. This study suggests IT related managers that the development of IT human capability and absorptive capacity should be recognized for a successful exploitation of outside knowledge within a firm. It is also a necessary condition for a successful IT implementation and maintenance independently and economically from outside vendors.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2014

Absorptive capacity is an ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and apply external knowledge. Since the objectives of communities of practice(CoPs) are to share task-related knowledge and to apply it to operations, individual absorptive capacities of CoP members are one of the most important success factors of CoPs. The study examined the structural relationship among three groups; antecedents of absorptive capacity, absorptive capacity, and the performance of CoPs. The findings are as follows; Goal interdependence, reciprocal altruism, coordination mechanism and socialization mechanism had significant and positive effects on absorptive capacity. In addition absorptive capacity had significant and positive effects on goal attainment and knowledge application of CoP.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2022

The article investigates the impact mechanism of absorption capacity (potential absorptive capacity - PAC and realized absorptive capacity - RAC) on the innovation efficiency of enterprises through the intermediate variable of dual innovation (exploratory innovation- INOR and exploitative innovation- INOI), based on the actual situation of Vietnam's small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A survey of Vietnam's SMEs was conducted from August 2020 to April 2021. The data was collected through interviews and questionnaires, and 146 valid questionnaires were received. The following results were acquired using SPSS 20.0 software to do correlation and regression analysis of data results.: The results show that the absorptive capacity of enterprises has a positive impact on innovation performance and dual innovation acts as a mediator in how absorptive capacity affects innovation performance. This study deepens the understanding of how absorptive capacity affects innovation performance and provides important new evidence for developing absorptive capacity and dual innovation in both theories and practice in Vietnam's SMEs. The study also proposes several solutions and recommendations to help Vietnam's small and medium enterprises improve their innovation capacity, competitiveness, and performance.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.17-34
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• 2011

As organization's success depends on how much employees are active in recognizing new knowledge and transform into organization's value, this study is to examine the influence of employees' self-directed learning capacity on organizational absorptive capacity, organizational commitment and job involvement. The study has shown that managerial level employees have high level of self-directed learning capacity, and employees who have such high level capacity also shown to have high level of absorptive capacity and organizational affective commitment and job involvement. There were static correlations between all the variables, and absorptive capacity has a complete meditated effect on each variables. Hence, in order to enhance absorptive capacity, organizations should put their effort to develop employees' self-directed learning capacity, which will not only improve individual competency but also lead to organization's success in this competitive global market.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.77-98
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• 2018

The purpose of this paper is examine the existing relations structure and IT use for collaboration activities on supply chain and their impacts on the performance of supply chain. This study made a design of the research model that was further constructed by integrating the relationship structure, IT exploration, IT exploitation, supply chain collaboration, absorptive capacity, and knowledge creation, efficiency and efficient. The survey data were collected from 378 companies, where firms are facing increased global competitive pressure and heavily utilize SCM to retain their competitive advantages. The authors validated a measurement model with structural equation modelling and tested eight hypotheses. As a result, the absorptive capacity was closely related to trust, IT exploitation and IT exploration, but supply chain collaboration. Examining the effect of supply chain collaboration with two types of absorptive capacity, the authors found positive effect on potential absorptive capacity, but a non-significant effect on realized absorptive capacity. This finding suggests that the improving performance of supply chain not only is related to the relations structure and IT use on supply chain, but also is closely related to the absorptive capacity.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.217-225
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• 2018

본 연구는 흡수역량이 기술혁신역량과 기술사업화역량과 경영성과에 미치는 영향요인을 파악한 연구이다. 본 연구에서는 선행연구를 통해 흡수역량을 탐색적 흡수역량과 활용적 흡수역량으로 구분하고 이를 독립변수 설정하고 기술혁신역량, 기술사업화 역량에 미치는 영향에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 분석결과, 흡수역량은 기술혁신역량과 기술사업화역량에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 기술혁신역량과 기술사업화역량도 경영성과에 긍정적인 영향을 치미는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 흡수역량이 기업의 혁신에 영향을 미치는 중요 변인임을 확인하였으며, 기업은 본 연구결과를 통해 흡수능력의 중요성을 인식하고 기술혁신전략 수립시에 가이드라인으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 보인다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2016

Purpose - Prior researches have empirically focused on the effect of management consulting quality and consultant capability on entrepreneurial firms' performance. This study, however, focused on investigating the moderating role of absorptive capacity and resource capability between management consulting and entrepreneurial firms' performance. So, this study investigated the relationship among consulting quality, consultant capability, absorptive capacity, resource capability, and entrepreneurial firms' performance from the resource based view (RBV). Especially, this study focused on the mediating role of absorptive and resource capability in relational structure of entrepreneurial firms' dimensions. Research design, data, and methodology - In this study, research hypotheses and model are established by the prior researches from the fields of strategic management and entrepreneurial behavior. Concretely, H1~H4 are the relationship between consulting (consulting quality, consultant capability) and innovation (absorptive capacity, resource capability); H5 is the relationship between absorptive capacity and resource capability; and H6~H7 are the relationship between innovation (absorptive capacity, resource capability) and management performance. The data was collected 207 copies from entrepreneurial firms in South Korea. These firms were established in January 2014 and maintained by November 2015 in high-tech industry. The questionnaire was consisted of five dimensions; consulting quality, consultant capability, absorptive capacity, resource capability, and management performance. Each dimension measured multi items on a 5-point Likert scale. The hypotheses and research model are analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS 22. Results - The results of this study are as follows. 1) Consulting quality significantly influenced on the absorptive capacity of entrepreneurial firms. 2) But, consultant capability did not influence on the absorptive capacity of entrepreneurial firms. 3) Consulting quality and consultant capability significantly influenced on the resource capability of entrepreneurial firms. 4) Absorptive capacity significantly influenced on the resource capability of entrepreneurial firms; 5) Absorptive capacity did not significantly influence on the management performance of entrepreneurial firms. 6) Resource capability, however, significantly influenced on the management performance of entrepreneurial firms. By these results, absorptive capacity of entrepreneurial firms had a mediating role partly among consulting quality, consultant capability, and management capability. The resource capability of entrepreneurial firms had a mediating role among consulting quality, consultant capability, and management capability, perfectly. Conclusions - According to this study, the high level of consulting quality and consultant capability may enforce the resource capability of entrepreneurial firms. It means, practically, that external knowledge is a driver for innovation, and then the innovation effects on the management performance of entrepreneurial firms. So, at the initial stage, the management consulting programs are very important to entrepreneurial firms and should be conceived as an essential element. This study may contribute to the advancement of academic in field of new start business, small business, or venture business based on resources, especially the role of absorptive capacity and resource capability between consulting programs and management performance. However, this study has some limitations. They are the measurement of consulting quality's items, cross-sectional research, and the limitation of concept and industry.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.135-154
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• 2016

Absorptive capacity has been increasingly thought of as a potential source of innovation. From the knowledge management perspective, absorptive capacity is composed of a set of activities dealing with acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation of external and internal knowledge. This study investigates what relationship the absorptive capacity of individuals who have technical knowledge in the organization has with process innovation and product innovation. Mobile based survey was conducted from the employees working for the largest electronics manufacturer in Korea. The analyzed data was based on 156 responses from 199 participants. The analysis result shows that four phases of absorptive capacity such as acquisition, assimilation, transformation and exploitation have different effects on process innovation and product innovation, respectively. Specifically, transformation is found to be most critical in leading to innovation.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.191-209
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• 2023

4차 산업혁명과 COVID-19의 영향으로 기술 혁신이 급속도로 변화하는 가운데, 이러한 불확실한 환경 속에서 한국 기술창업기업의 기술 혁신을 촉진하기 위한 흡수역량 및 특허활동 관련 연구는 중요한 의미를 갖는다. 본 연구는 스타트업을 기준으로 한 BT, ICT 등 신기술 기반의 7년 미만 기술창업기업을 대상으로 조직역량인 흡수역량을 잠재적 흡수역량과 실현적 흡수역량으로 재구성하여 창업성과에 미치는 영향과 특허활동에 관한 연구를 수행하고, 이론적 연구모형을 개발하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 215개의 기술 스타트업의 CEO를 포함한 관리직 임원을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였으며, 다음과 같이 가설을 검증하였다. 첫째, 잠재적 흡수역량은 특허활동에 유의미한 영향을 주었지만, 실현적 흡수역량은 유의미한 영향을 주지 않았다. 둘째, 잠재적 흡수역량은 기술성과에 유의미한 영향을 주었지만, 실현적 흡수역량은 유의미한 영향을 주지 않았다. 셋째, 잠재적 흡수역량과 실현적 흡수역량 모두 재무적 성과와 비재무적 성과에 유의미한 영향을 주었다. 넷째, 특허활동은 잠재적 흡수역량과 기술성과에 간접적인 영향을 미치고, 실현적 흡수역량은 영향을 미치지 않았다. 다섯째, 특허활동은 잠재적 흡수역량과 재무적 성과에 간접적인 영향을 미치고, 실현적 흡수역량은 영향을 미치지 않았다. 여섯째, 특허활동은 잠재적 흡수역량과 비재무적 성과에 간접적인 영향을 미치고, 실현적 흡수역량은 영향을 미치지 않았다. 본 연구의 시사점으로는 흡수역량과 특허활동의 변수가 조직의 핵심 능력을 구축하는 데 있어 유용한 지침을 제공한다는 점에서 실무적 의의가 있다. 또한, 특허활동에 대한 흡수역량 형성 과정을 중요하게 인식하지 않은 스타트업은 흡수능력 형성 메커니즘을 새롭게 인식하고, 향후 잠재적이고 실현적인 흡수역량을 통해 경영 전략에 상당한 관심을 가질 것으로 예상된다. 이는 급변하는 기술 변화와 창업생태계의 대응 및 지속 가능한 경쟁우위 확보에 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 기대된다.