The interdisciplinary study of coordination
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Fortune favors the prepared firm
Management Science
Information and Management
Mission Critical: Realizing the Promise of Enterprise Systems
Mission Critical: Realizing the Promise of Enterprise Systems
Designing Complex Organizations
Designing Complex Organizations
Information Systems Research
The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps
Information Systems Research
The Assimilation of Knowledge Platforms in Organizations: An Empirical Investigation
Organization Science
Information Systems Research
The Influence of Business Managers' IT Competence on Championing IT
Information Systems Research
Real Options and IT Platform Adoption: Implications for Theory and Practice
Information Systems Research
ERP systems as an enabler of sustained business process innovation: A knowledge-based view
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Coordinating for Flexibility in e-Business Supply Chains
Journal of Management Information Systems
Expertise Integration and Creativity in Information Systems Development
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Relational Antecedents of Information Flow Integration for Supply Chain Coordination
Journal of Management Information Systems
Limits to Value in Electronic Commerce-Related IT Investments
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Technology Competence of Business Managers: A Definition and Research Model
Journal of Management Information Systems
Knowledge Management: An Organizational Capabilities Perspective
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Development of a Measure for the Organizational Learning Construct
Journal of Management Information Systems
Determinants of ERP implementation knowledge transfer
Information and Management
Disruptive technology: How Kodak missed the digital photography revolution
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Leveraging Standard Electronic Business Interfaces to Enable Adaptive Supply Chain Partnerships
Information Systems Research
Innovating mindfully with information technology
MIS Quarterly
The nature of theory in information systems
MIS Quarterly
MIS Quarterly
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Journal of Business Information Systems
International Journal of Productivity Management and Assessment Technologies
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Absorptive capacity is a firm's ability to identify, assimilate, transform, and apply valuable external knowledge. It is considered an imperative for business success. Modern information technologies perform a critical role in the development and maintenance of a firm's absorptive capacity. We provide an assessment of absorptive capacity in the information systems literature. IS scholars have used the absorptive capacity construct in diverse and often contradictory ways. Confusion surrounds how absorptive capacity should be conceptualized, its appropriate level of analysis, and how it can be measured. Our aim in reviewing this construct is to reduce such confusion by improving our understanding of absorptive capacity and guiding its effective use in IS research. We trace the evolution of the absorptive capacity construct in the broader organizational literature and pay special attention to its conceptualization, assumptions, and relationship to organizational learning. Following this, we investigate how absorptive capacity has been conceptualized, measured, and used in IS research. We also examine how absorptive capacity fits into distinct IS themes and facilitates understanding of various IS phenomena. Based on our analysis, we provide a framework through which IS researchers can more fully leverage the rich aspects of absorptive capacity when investigating the role of information technology in organizations.