Organizational Culture and Absorptive Capacity The Meaning for SMEs
Firms are increasingly collaborating with outside partners to access external knowledge that will enable them to successfully innovate and remain competitive in the marketplace. To apply external knowledge, they must have a distinctive capacity to absorb
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Dorothée Zerwas
Organizational Culture and Absorptive Capacity The Meaning for SMEs
Dorothée Zerwas Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Universität Koblenz-Landau, Dissertation, 2014 Vollständiger Abdruck der vom Fachbereich 4: Informatik der Universität KoblenzLandau genehmigten Dissertation.
ISBN 978-3-658-05551-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-05552-3
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This thesis is dedicated to my parents Anke and Horst and my sister Claire for their endless love and encouragement.
Many thanks to … … my advisor Prof. Dr. Harald F. O. von Kortzfleisch; through good and bad times, your kindness and comprehensive support have been ever-present in this important time of my life, for which I am deeply grateful. … my co-advisor Dr. Klaus G. Troitzsch, university professor (retired); over the years you have helped me to find my way. You have pointed me in the right direction. … my family and friends
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