The Effects of Absorptive Capacity and Decision Speed on Organizational Innovation: A Study of Organizational Structure as an Antecedent Variable

Chen, Shin Tien; Chang, Bao Guang

doi:10.7903/cmr.7996

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“…Previous research confirmed that a centralized R&D structure can extend the architectural knowledge -the knowledge about how different perspectives can be integrated - (Henderson & Clark, 1990), but there is little research on this issue in the context of absorptive capacity (Zhang et al, 2007). Jansen et al (2005) indicated that improved coordination increases a firm's absorptive capacity (see also Chen & Chang, 2012b;Lopez & Esteves, 2013). This can be achieved through centralized R&D departments as they facilitate inter-divisional communication and knowledge flows.…”

Section: Centrality Of Randdmentioning

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Enhancing Absorptive Capacity for Innovation and Change: The Role of Structural Determinants

Duchek

2014

Journal of Change Management

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In 1989, absorptive capacity was introduced as an important factor for organizational innovation and change. Since then, the concept has been enhanced through reconceptualizations and extended by various empirical studies. However, previous research paid sparse attention to determinants of absorptive capacity and especially the single dimensions of the knowledge absorption process. Consequently, it remains unclear why some firms are better able to absorb new external knowledge than others. This paper focuses on organizational structure as one important determinant of absorptive capacity. Using case studies of two German high-tech firms, the paper discusses four structural factors influencing the acquisition, integration and exploitation dimensions of absorptive capacity: division form, R&D centrality, gatekeeper positions and interface positions. The paper enhances our understanding of the knowledge absorption process and provides propositions for future research.

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Section: Centrality Of Randdmentioning

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Enhancing Absorptive Capacity for Innovation and Change: The Role of Structural Determinants

Duchek

2014

Journal of Change Management

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“…54 More recently, Chen and Chang looked at 260 organizations via survey and determined that a high degree of organizational formalization slows decision speeds and organizational innovation. 55 Formalization is not the only predictor of change in organizations, but it does align with the restructuring phase of Rogers's innovation decision-making process. 56…”

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Innovating Support for Research: The Coalescence of Scholarly Communication?

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Million

Hudson‐Vitale

2020

C&RL

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Information professionals housed in academic libraries are increasingly taking a role in supporting scholarly communication activities. This article investigates the extent to which a formal role has grown in ARL libraries, the skills and competencies necessary for supporting work with data in this capacity, and how those skills and competencies relate to the research lifecycle. We find that scholarly communication has formalized in ARL libraries since 2012. We also find that the requisite skills and competencies for scholarly communication work have coalesced since 2009 in support of a core group that, when the research lifecycle is considered, also support the work of scholars.

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“…In 1981, Howard looked at four university libraries and found that the rate of innovation is negative for centralized, formal, and stratified organizations. More recently, Chen and Chang (2012) looked at 260 organizations via survey and determined that a high degree of organizational formalization slows decision speeds and organizational innovation. Formalization is not the only predictor of change in organizations, but it does align with the restructuring phase of Rogers' (2003) innovation decision-making process.…”

Section: Innovation In Organizationsmentioning

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Restructuring and Formalizing: Scholarly Communication as a Sustainable Growth Opportunity in Information Agencies?

Million¹,

Vitale²

2019

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Emerging technologies are revolutionizing the field of scholarly communication. Because of this, scholars increasingly need specialized support during all stages of the research process. With the academic library as the unit of analysis, two concepts from Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation theory and organizational innovation literature are drawn upon to assess the sustainability of scholarly communication work in libraries. These concepts are organizational restructuring and formalization. Data on Association of Research Libraries (ARL) employees with relevant job titles and three digital curation competencies documents are analysed. Study findings suggest that ARL information agencies have restructured to provide added research support and that skills associated with scholarly communication positions are becoming more uniform. We conclude that scholarly communication information professionals are part of a sustainable area of practice within ARL information agencies, that has matured over the past decade, and this trend is likely to continue in at least the short term.the study of how scholars in any field (e.g., physical, biological, social and behavioural sciences, humanities and technology) use and disseminate information through formal and informal channels. The study of scholarly communication includes the growth of scholarly information, the relationships among research areas and disciplines, the information needs and uses of individual user groups, and the relationships among formal and informal methods of communication (Borgman, 1990, pp. 13-4).Scholarly communication enables the work of researchers at universities and organizations that are dedicated to creating new knowledge. In the United States (U.S.), over half of all federal research dollars are granted to university-affiliated researchers (Regazzi, 2015) making universities a hub for the creation of new knowledge. Supporting ScholarsSupporting scholarly communication on university campuses in an age of emerging technologies has naturally fallen to information professionals based in information agencies, such as academic libraries. Traditionally, academic libraries have divided the expertise they provide into technical services and public services, but given the complexity of technologies combined with the increasingly sophisticated needs of users, a new breed of information professional must emerge (e.g., Kowalski, 2017). In the case of scholarly communication questions, not only must the information professional curate and supply access to scholarship, but he/she must also work with scholars to organize, provide access to, save, and share their work. Providing specialized support to scholars (e.g., Ketchum, 2017) during the research process has quickly become the purview of the academic library.As the needs of researchers and scholars have changed, the work of information professionals has evolved in parallel. Working to support the field of "scholarly communication today reflects a [need to master an ever-growing] constellation of tools, practices...

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The Effects of Absorptive Capacity and Decision Speed on Organizational Innovation: A Study of Organizational Structure as an Antecedent Variable

Cited by 37 publications

References 63 publications

Enhancing Absorptive Capacity for Innovation and Change: The Role of Structural Determinants

Enhancing Absorptive Capacity for Innovation and Change: The Role of Structural Determinants

Innovating Support for Research: The Coalescence of Scholarly Communication?

Restructuring and Formalizing: Scholarly Communication as a Sustainable Growth Opportunity in Information Agencies?

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