Reconsidering measurement of absorptive capacity in the case of knowledge transfer from Nordic to the Baltic countries

desirable expectations from FDI and/or collaborations between
domestic and foreign capital companies. However, the company may
gain knowledge from collaboration if it has abilities properly to use
knowledge or technologies that are accessible. The goal of the article
is to provide a measurement tool for absorptive capacity. The study
focuses on the collaboration between Nordic and Baltic countries.
Thus, the targeting companies for research have been chosen as either
Nordic capital companies operating in Lithuania and Estonia or
domestic companies with an international relationship with Nordic
capital companies. The article contributes to the theory of absorptive
capacity and to the theory of internalization as well. The construct
has been validated, and reliability has been estimated while testing
158 companies. The proposed measurement construct can be
instrumental for further research of knowledge transfer from
international collaborating companies of different capital origins for
the mining industry sector since raw materials industries encounter
new performance challenges in the context of the war in Ukraine,
which caused a severe energy crisis.