
Managing Knowledge Stocks and Flows: Building Absorptive Capacity from an Ambidexterity Perspective
Liu Fanghong, Wang Jiangang
Knowledge Management Forum ›› 2022, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (5) : 479-496.
Managing Knowledge Stocks and Flows: Building Absorptive Capacity from an Ambidexterity Perspective
[Purpose/Significance] From the perspective of organizational ambidexterity the knowledge stocks and knowledge flows should be keeping balance, the knowledge-based view holds that the two are not always harmonious coexistence, in order to provide theoretical guidance for management practice. [Method/Process] Constructing the balance dimension and the combined dimension of a knowledge ambidexterity, and examining the influence of knowledge ambidexterity on absorptive capacity and the moderating effects of firm size. [Result/Conclusion] The results of the questionnaire data from 215 firms show that combined dimension of knowledge ambidexterity has a significant positive impact on absorptive capacity. The interactive effect between the balance dimension and the combined dimension of knowledge ambidexterity positively impacts on absorptive capacity. Firm size moderates the relationship between the combined dimension of knowledge ambidexterity and absorptive capacity positively.
knowledge stocks / knowledge flows / absorptive capacity / organizational ambidexterity / knowledge ambidexterity
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