Özümseme Kapasitesi Literatürüne Yönelik Bir Değerlendirm

Bu çalışmanın amacı; işletmelerin yeni bilgi üretme yeteneğinin önemli bir kısmını temsil eden özümsemekapasitesi ile ilgili son otuz yılda kaydedilen ilerlemelerin değerlendirilmesidir. Bu amaçla 1990-2020yılları arasında Web of Science’ta taranan dergilerde yayımlanan özümseme kapasitesi ile ilgili makalelerincelenmek suretiyle literatür taraması yapılmıştır. Özümseme kapasitesi teorisine kavramsal bir çerçevesunmak için yapılan çalışmalarda kavramın öncüllerinin teorik ve ampirik olarak incelendiğigörülmektedir. Çıktılarıyla kıyaslandığında özümseme kapasitesinin öncülleriyle ilgili yapılan buçalışmaların yeterli seviyede olmadığı görülmektedir. Çalışmada ilk olarak, özümseme kapasitesi tanımınınnasıl geliştiği, ilgili analiz seviyelerinin ve kavramsallaşma sürecinin nasıl tamamlandığı açıklanarak,konuyla ilgili çalışmaların özümseme kapasitesini nasıl ölçtüğüne dair bir genel bakış sunulmuştur.Sonrasında ise, önceki araştırmalarda dikkate alınan çıktılar ve öncüller gözden geçirilerek tespit edilensorunlar ile gelecekte yapılacak araştırmalara yönelik bazı öneriler geliştirilmiştir.

Absorptive Capacity: A Review of the Literature

The aim of this study is to evaluate the progress made in the last thirty years regarding the absorptive capacity which represents an important part of the firms’ ability to generate new knowledge. For this purpose, a literature review was conducted by examining the articles about the absorptive capacity published in journals indexed by Web of Science between 1990-2020. In studies conducted to present a conceptual framework for the absorptive capacity theory, it is seen that the antecedents of the concept are examined both theoretically and empirically. When compared with its outcomes, it is seen that these studies on the antecedents of absorption capacity are not at a sufficient level. In the study, firstly, an overview of how studies on the subject measure the absorptive capacity is presented by explaining how the definition of absorptive capacity has developed, the relevant levels of analysis and how the conceptualization process has been completed. Afterwards, the outcomes and antecedents are taken into consideration in previous studies were reviewed and some suggestions were developed for the problems identified and for future research.

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