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AB - Nikola Radovanović JEL: D83; M15; O32 Danijela Matović DOI: 10.5937/industrija44-9884 UDC: 005.71 005.32 Short Communication Organizational forms and knowledge absorption Article history: Received: 12 Decembar 2015 Sent for revision: 5 February 2016 Received in revised form: 15 August 2016 Accepted: 20 August 2016 Available online: 8 October 2016 Abstract: Managing the entire portion of knowledge in an organization is a challenging task. At the organizational level, there can be enormous quantities of unknown, poorly valued or inefficiently applied knowledge. This is normally followed with the underdeveloped potential or inability of organizations to absorb knowledge from external sources. Facilitation of the efficient internal flow of knowledge within the established communication network may positively affect organizational capacity to absorb or identify, share and subsequently apply knowledge to commercial ends. Based on the evidences that the adoption of different organizational forms affects knowledge flows within an organization, this research analyzed the relationship between common organizational forms and absorptive capacity of organizations. In this paper, we test the hypothesis stating that the organizational structure affects knowledge absorption and exploitation in the organization. The methodology included quantitative and qualitative research method based on a questionnaire, while the data has been statistically analyzed and the 
TI - Organizational forms and knowledge absorption
JF - Industrija
DO - 10.5937/industrija44-9884
DA - 2016-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/organizational-forms-and-knowledge-absorption-LQ3auji2qT
DP - DeepDyve
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