出版社：Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração
其他摘要：The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between absorptive capacity, intellectual capital and innovation.The main purpose of this research isto demonstratethat absorptive capacity can leverage the relation between intellectual capital and innovation potential. The method was a single case study using exploratory and descriptive research strategies and applying both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The casestudyinvestigated wasa Brazilian corporation that has been doing business in the paper and corrugated cardboard industry for 72 years. The paper describes a case analysis demonstrating that adoption of practices associated with absorptive capacity has potential to foster intellectual capital, which is particularly important for development of innovations. These practices include assimilation of new technologies; creating capacity to utilize existing internal knowledge held by employees; use of benchmarking; application of technical knowledge; and registration of patents. Triangulationof data provided evidence confirming thatthe relationshipbetweenabsorptive capacityand intellectual capitalis a driver of innovationin the firm investigated. Additionally, this relationship is better explained by the mediating role of absorptive capacity, whichis capable of potentiating intellectual capital to fosterinnovation.
