Critical analysis of the use of absorptive capacity theory in IS research Addorisio, Michael, Gao, Shijia, Yeoh, William and Wong, Siew Fan 2014, Critical analysis of the use of absorptive capacity theory in IS research, in ICIS 2014 : Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Systems, Association for Information Systems (AIS), Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1-15. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads yeoh-criticalanalysisof-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 696.29KB 934 Title Critical analysis of the use of absorptive capacity theory in IS research Author(s) Addorisio, Michael Gao, Shijia Yeoh, William orcid.org/0000-0002-2964-4518 Wong, Siew Fan Conference name International Conference on Information Systems (2014 : Auckland, New Zealand) Conference location Auckland, New Zealand Conference dates 2014/12/15 - 2014/12/17 Title of proceedings ICIS 2014 : Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Systems Editor(s) Karahanna,E Srinivasan,A Tan,B Publication date 2014 Conference series International Conference on Information Systems Start page 1 End page 15 Total pages 15 Publisher Association for Information Systems (AIS) Place of publication Auckland, New Zealand Summary This paper critically analyzes the use of Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) theory in information systems (IS) research. Drawing on a comprehensive review of the evolution of ACAP theory and models for the construct, we empirically investigate a number of ACAP-related papers published in reputable IS journals. The analysis involves four main areas: 1) summary analysis of ACAP in IS papers; 2) domains of ACAP usage; 3) analysis of hypotheses to show how ACAP is being used to explain various organizational phenomena in IS research; and 4) analysis of measures to gain insights into the operationalization of ACAP in IS research. This research advocates that organization-level ACAP should be applied as the dependent variable in studying the impact of IS. Furthermore, ACAP should be conceptualized as a “capability,” rather than an “asset.” This paper contributes to IS and ACAP studies by investigating and clearly specifying the utility of ACAP in IS research. ISBN 9780615157887 Language eng Field of Research 080610 Information Systems Organisation Socio Economic Objective 890299 Computer Software and Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2014, AIS Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30070451 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Information and Business Analytics Open Access Collection 2018 ERA Submission Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Publisher URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 11:59:34 EST Wed, 11 Mar 2015, 04:05:34 EST Wed, 11 Mar 2015, 05:07:34 EST Fri, 13 Mar 2015, 09:54:55 EST Tue, 17 Mar 2015, 10:54:03 EST Thu, 28 May 2015, 15:17:47 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 15:55:35 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:13:19 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:26:31 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 578 Abstract Views, 934 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 11:59:34 EST