動態環境對企業經營是極大的挑戰，公司以往賴以成長的競爭優勢可能在短時間內反成了生存的障礙，不斷地創新是現代企業確保持續成長獲利的重要關鍵。 Cohen and Levinthal (1990)首先提出組織吸收能力(Absorptive Capacity)的概念，並指出其與 創新能力與組織學習有密切相關。但過去研究大多著重於吸收能力概念上的定義與澄清，鮮少有這方面的實證研究，這個概念因此有其應用的侷限；另外，吸收能力主要衡量公司對外在知識取得、消化、轉換及運用的能力，組織學習理應扮演重要的角色，但多數研究只從理論上推論其與組織人員的特質或與組織結構的關係，對於一個亟思如何運用組織流程，以強化吸收能力實現的公司，缺乏積極有效的建議。有鑑於此，本研究擬嘗試建構一個以組織學習觀點的吸收能力模型，目的在探討不同的知識創造機制如何影響吸收能力的實現，並以實證資料驗證此模型的配適度。本研究採用Zahra and George (2002)將吸收能力分成潛在吸收能力與實質吸收能力兩階段，整合組織學習理論中Nonaka (1994) 不同的知識創造機制（社會化、外顯化、結合化、內隱化），探討知識創造機制如何增強潛在吸收能力，以及潛在吸收能力如何透過知識創造機制，強化實質吸收能力的實現。這是學術研究中首次以共同演化 (Coevolution)的機制來架構此兩者的關係，並佐以實證資料來驗證此模型，研究發現除了對吸收能力的研究，提供一條新途徑，對於實務上強化吸收能力的實現，也頗有助益。Facing dynamic rivalry in the contemporary business environment, a firm realizes that its current competitive advantage can be swiftly disrupted and even turns into an obstacle to survival due to organizational inertia. Continuous innovation by actively sensing and responding to changes becomes an imperative for sustainability. Cohen & Levinthal (1990) first addressed the concept of absorptive capability underpinning the innovation capability of a firm. The research followed focused more on the reconceptualization and reification of divergent terms concerning absorptive capability with a lack of attention on empirical development of construct measurement. The concept, therefore, suffers limited application in business research. In addition, previous studies adopting absorptive capability mainly emphasized on exploring its relationship between either organizational antecedents or members’ attributes. Provided that absorptive capability is the ability to acquire, assimilate, transfer and exploit external knowledge, we are surprised to find that organizational learning has not played a role in this stream of research yet. This proposed study intends to construct a model for absorptive capability from organizational learning perspective, aiming to improve the realization of absorptive capability via knowledge creation mechanism. The study will adopt Zahra & George’s definition (2002) by separating the absorptive capability into two different subsets – potential absorptive capability and realized absorptive capability. With integrating Nonaka’s knowledge creation mechanism (1994) – socialization, externalization, combination and internalization, the proposed model attempts to explore how various set of knowledge creation mechanisms enhance potential absorptive capability and another set of knowledge creation mechanisms in turn facilitate the realization ratio of potential absorptive capability. We expect that the coevolutionary approach will shed more on future research and the empirical results can provide effective suggestions to practitioners for realization of absorptive capability. 研究期間 : 9808 ~ 9907
