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Fostering Absorptive Capacity and Self-efficacy on Knowledge Sharing Behavior and Innovation Capability: An Empirical Research

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Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS 2019)

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This study aims to examine the effect of absorption capacity and self-efficacy on knowledge sharing behavior in improving the SMEs’ innovation capability. The sample of this study was 106 SMEs in Central Java. Primary data collection is done by using questionnaire and interview instruments. The results showed that absorption capacity had a significant effect on knowledge sharing behavior and innovation capability. In addition, self-efficacy has a significant effect on knowledge sharing behavior and innovation capability, while Knowledge sharing behavior has a significant effect on innovation capability.

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    Heru Sulistyo & Tri Wikaningrum

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    Leonard Barolli

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  3. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Faculty of Information Engineering, Fukuoka, Japan

    Makoto Ikeda

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Sulistyo, H., Wikaningrum, T. (2020). Fostering Absorptive Capacity and Self-efficacy on Knowledge Sharing Behavior and Innovation Capability: An Empirical Research. In: Barolli, L., Hussain, F., Ikeda, M. (eds) Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems. CISIS 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 993. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22354-0_94

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