Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company

The aim of the paper is to study relationships between the processes of absorptive capacity (inter-firm learning) and learning lessons through employee suggestions (intra-firm learning) and identify potential synergies between them. The research interest is focused on investigating the following pro...

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Main Authors: Andrzej Lis, Agata Sudolska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nowy Sacz Business School National-Louis University 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
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Online Access: http://jemi.edu.pl/uploadedFiles/file/all-issues/vol13/issue1/JEMI_Vol13_Issue1_2017_Article2.pdf
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spelling doaj-0770b4e6cb3f4a30bc3bd22bcd1a9bd02020-11-24T23:54:51ZengNowy Sacz Business School National-Louis UniversityJournal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation2299-73262017-01-01131256710.7341/20171312Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń companyAndrzej Lis0Agata Sudolska1 The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University The Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University The aim of the paper is to study relationships between the processes of absorptive capacity (inter-firm learning) and learning lessons through employee suggestions (intra-firm learning) and identify potential synergies between them. The research interest is focused on investigating the following problems: (1) How do organizations apply external knowledge to support intra-organizational learning processes? (2) How should the employee suggestion system be organized to increase (or build) absorptive capacity? The exploratory case study analysis is applied to answer research questions and achieve the aim of the study. The unit of analysis is constituted by inter-firm and intra-firm learning processes observed in the firm Frauenthal Automotive Toruń (FTO). http://jemi.edu.pl/uploadedFiles/file/all-issues/vol13/issue1/JEMI_Vol13_Issue1_2017_Article2.pdf organizational learningabsorptive capacitylessons learnedemployee suggestion system
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Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company
Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
organizational learning
absorptive capacity
lessons learned
employee suggestion system
author_facet Andrzej Lis
Agata Sudolska
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title Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company
title_short Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company
title_full Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company
title_fullStr Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company
title_full_unstemmed Inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: The case study of Frauenthal Automotive Toruń company
title_sort inter- and intra-firm learning synergy through integrating absorptive capacity and employee suggestion processes: the case study of frauenthal automotive toruń company
publisher Nowy Sacz Business School National-Louis University
series Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
issn 2299-7326
publishDate 2017-01-01
description The aim of the paper is to study relationships between the processes of absorptive capacity (inter-firm learning) and learning lessons through employee suggestions (intra-firm learning) and identify potential synergies between them. The research interest is focused on investigating the following problems: (1) How do organizations apply external knowledge to support intra-organizational learning processes? (2) How should the employee suggestion system be organized to increase (or build) absorptive capacity? The exploratory case study analysis is applied to answer research questions and achieve the aim of the study. The unit of analysis is constituted by inter-firm and intra-firm learning processes observed in the firm Frauenthal Automotive Toruń (FTO).
topic organizational learning
absorptive capacity
lessons learned
employee suggestion system
url http://jemi.edu.pl/uploadedFiles/file/all-issues/vol13/issue1/JEMI_Vol13_Issue1_2017_Article2.pdf
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