This paper examines the impact of the integration of IT systems with other organizations (IT integration) on the knowledge absorption and desorption of the focal firm. We ran an empirical study in Spain and found that IT integration enables the firm to absorb and desorb knowledge with other organizations, which in turn improves firm performance. This research provides two key contributions to the IS discipline: 1) We introduce the concept of desorptive capacity in the IS research and provide a scale for its measure, 2) we provide a theory of IT integration impact on the firm’s knowledge absorption and desorption.

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IT集成对公司知识吸收和解吸的影响

本文研究了IT系统与其他组织的集成（IT集成）对焦点公司知识吸收和解吸的影响。我们在西班牙进行了一项实证研究，发现IT集成使公司可以吸收和吸收其他组织的知识，从而提高了公司的绩效。这项研究为IS学科提供了两个关键的贡献：1）我们在IS研究中引入了吸收能力的概念，并为其度量提供了规模，2）我们提供了IT集成对企业知识吸收和解吸影响的理论。