A technology company wants to move into the field of wireless communications.Unfortunately,few of its employees know enough about the basic technology to acquire emerging knowledge about that field or to launch a separate business unit to enter that market.With respect to learning about wireless technology knowledge,this organization has:
A) too much virtual work.
B) high intellectual capital.
C) high human capital but low relationship capital.
D) too much of an open system.
E) low absorptive capacity.

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The organization has low absorptive capacity as it lacks the necessary knowledge to acquire emerging knowledge about the field of wireless communications. Absorptive capacity is the ability of an organization to acquire, assimilate, transform and exploit external knowledge. Therefore, the organization needs to increase its absorptive capacity to learn more about wireless technology knowledge.

A Technology Company Wants to Move into the Field of Wireless