Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki

Previously: Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Ekonomiczne Problemy Turystyki


ISSN: 1644-0501     eISSN: 2353-3188    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/ept.2016.2.34-28
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Issue archive / nr 2 (34) 2016
Zdolność do absorpcji wiedzy w przedsiębiorstwach turystycznych – identyfikacja znaczenia i możliwości pomiaru
(Absorptive Capacity in Tourism Enterprises – The Significance and Measurement Possibilities)

Authors: Marcin Olszewski
Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu

Marlena Bednarska
Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
Keywords: absorptive capacity knowledge tourism industry
Whole issue publication date:2016
Page range:13 (331-343)
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Abstract

The knowledge-based view suggests that the extent of knowledge transfer from knowledge generators to knowledge recipients may depend on recipients’ absorptive capacity ie. “ability of a firm to recognize the value of new, external information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends” [Cohen and Levinthal 1990, p. 128]. The lack or insufficiency of absorptive capacity in a firm hinders the ability to recognize the potential of new ideas arising from interaction with other external knowledge generators. The purpose of this article is to identify the importance of the absorptive capacity in tourism industry, as well as methods of its conceptualization and operationalization. The results include systematization of existing research dedicated to absorptive capacity in tourism and propositions of further studies on this subject.
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