Linking community of practices and open innovation through absorptive capacity: a conceptual framework for university-industry collaboration

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Rabiah Eladwiah, Jais, Juraifa, Ali, Nor'ashikin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: LB2300 Higher Education; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/20062/1/KMICe2016%20150%20155.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/20062/; http://www.kmice.cms.net.my/kmice2016/files/KMICe2016_eproceeding.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Across organizations, community of practice (CoP) plays an important role for knowledge creation. This informal structure assists intra-community knowledge transfer which facilitates the learning or absorption of new knowledge. However, lack of research examines the role organizational absorpti...