The role of deliberate and experiential learning in developing capabilities: Insights from technology licensing |
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Authors: | Ulrich Lichtenthaler Miriam Muethel |
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Institution: | a Chair of Management and Organization, University of Mannheim Schloss, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany b Chair of Leadership and Human Resource Management, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Burgplatz 2, D-56179 Vallendar, Germany |
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Abstract: | We discuss the interdependencies between deliberate and experiential learning in developing a dynamic technology licensing capability, which was termed ‘desorptive capacity’ in earlier conceptual work. We use new three-year lagged data from two surveys of 79 firms to examine the role of dedicated licensing employees and prior licensing experience in developing firms’ sensing, seizing, and transforming capacities in technology out-licensing. The findings emphasize capabilities’ multidimensionality and critical trade-offs due to interdependencies between deliberate and experiential learning in developing capabilities. Besides interdependencies with experiential learning, deliberate learning strengthens sensing and seizing capacity, but it negatively affects transforming capacity based on inertia. |
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Keywords: | O32 (management of technological innovation and R& D) L22 (firm organization and market structure) |
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