国外企业吸收能力的研究述评和展望

The Literature Review of the Absorptive Capacity of Foreign Enterprises

随着技术创新的开放度增加,吸收能力作为企业获取外部知识的理论工具而备受学术界的青睐。尽管企业吸收能力的相关研究堪称丰富,但许多学者对该领域仍存在认识的误区。为此,本文从企业吸收能力的概念及其发展历程出发,对它的前因变量、结果变量和实证测量等研究议题进行了系统的梳理,同时剖析了现有研究的不足之处,指明了未来的发展方向。

As the openness of technology innovation increases, absorptive capacity draws academic attention as a theoretic tool of studying the external knowledge acquisition of firms. In spite of fruitful research, firms＇ absorptive capacity is conceptually misunderstood by many researchers. To address this, we start with reviewing the underlying concept of firms＇ absorptive capacity and how it evolves, followed by identifying the multi-level antecedes, outcomes and operationalization of absorptive capacity. In the end, we analyze the limitations of existing research and explore future research topics of firms＇ absorptive capacity.