期刊名称:Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN:1547-5840
电子版ISSN:1547-5867
出版年度:2007
卷号:4
页码:445-459
出版社:Informing Science Institute
摘要:Knowledge recognition as an organizational asset of strategic importance has generated growing
interest on absorptive capacity. Surprisingly enough, research on the factors that originate this
capacity has been rather scarce. Thus, existing knowledge on the matter suffers relevant omissions.
One significant factor that has been excluded from the identified set of antecedents is the
collection of resources and capabilities that derive from information systems and information
technology (IS/IT). Therefore, this article is aimed at developing the arguments that justify considering
IS/IT resources as an antecedent of absorptive capacity, and also at identifying the main
relationships among these resources and the most relevant antecedents previously identified. This
research concludes that IS/IT resources not only are an important antecedent of absorptive capacity,
but also play a moderating role over the effects of many other antecedents.