While being a multidimensional concept, the measure of absorptive capacity has remained mainly based on R&D proxies, that is to say R&D inputs (notably R&D intensity) and outputs (especially patents), even if some recent works try to improve this measure by including new criteria (Flatten et al. 2011).
However, in many scientific technologies, firm size is not a good proxy to measure the level of absorptive capacity as it is for start-ups that have a higher probability of benefiting from academic research.
In our experiment, plants were harvested at a relatively young age, so it is assumed that measures of root weight were correlated with absorptive capacity.
His cityscapes, landscapes, portraits, pictures of people in museums and churches, florals, and jungle pictures — taken throughout Europe, America, China, Japan, and Australia — share a spirit of absorptive scrutiny.
A roll with a crunchy seeded crust and a soft, yet densely chewy, interior provides a solid base with plenty of absorptive power.
Although the measure of such qualitative factors requires specific empirical qualitative research, traditional indicators give us some insights into the way SMEs perform in terms of absorptive capacity.
Empirical research mostly focuses on the absorptive capacity of SMEs in two aspects: the role of absorptive capacity in the enhancement of SMEs' performance and the determinants of absorptive capacity of SMEs.
Specifically, we use a capabilities perspective of absorptive capacity to examine potential absorptive capacity (POAC) and realized absorptive capacity (ROAC) capabilities – the two OAC capabilities that create and utilize knowledge, respectively.
This led to the emergence of "absorptive" (jiqu xing) local governments (Zhou 2006).
In examining how different components of absorptive capacity emerge and unfold their effects, this study addresses critical limitations of the literature on absorptive capacity.
