The Role of Social Capital in the Creation of Organisational Absorptive Capacity: A Two Case Study

Anne Kallio; Carsten Bergenholz; Heidi Korhonen

The Role of Social Capital in the Creation of Organisational Absorptive Capacity: A Two Case Study

Anne Kallio, Carsten Bergenholz, Heidi Korhonen

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Abstract

Based on a double case-study, this paper discusses the role of social capital in the creation of organisational absorptive capacity. Bridging social capital makes it possible to acquire new knowledge whereas bonding social capital assists the exploitation of that knowledge. In addition, this study presents a concept of creative social capital to facilitate the transition from assimilation to transformation. Two action research cases present the generation of social interaction mechanisms that facilitate the move from potential absorptive capacity to realised absorptive capacity. In these cases the creative social capital is being concretised as a) group-based identity, and b) willingness to form a mutual goal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International CINet Conference,: Practicing Innovation in Times of Discontinuity,
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	11th CINet Conference 2010 - Zürich, Switzerland Duration: 5 Sep 2010 → 7 Sep 2010

Conference

Conference	11th CINet Conference 2010
Country	Switzerland
City	Zürich
Period	5/09/10 → 7/09/10

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The Role of Social Capital in the Creation of Organisational Absorptive Capacity : A Two Case Study. / Kallio, Anne; Bergenholz, Carsten; Korhonen, Heidi.

Proceedings of the 11th International CINet Conference,: Practicing Innovation in Times of Discontinuity, . 2010.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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