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<journal-id>1659-3359</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Tec Empresarial]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Tec Empre.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-3359</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1659-33592021000200034</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18845/te.v15i1.5658</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Influencia de la capacidad de absorción en la capacidad de respuesta de pequeñas empresas manufactureras mexicanas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Influence of absorption capacity on response capacity in small mexican manufacturing companies]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Demuner-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María del Rosario]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Saavedra García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Luisa]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ibarra Cisneros]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel Alejandro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>34</fpage>
<lpage>49</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-33592021000200034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-33592021000200034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-33592021000200034&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La capacidad de absorción permite a las empresas combinar el conocimiento extraído del exterior con el previamente gestado al interior para dar respuesta a los constantes cambios de su entorno. El objetivo fue determinar la influencia de la adquisición, asimilación, transformación y explotación del conocimiento y su impacto en la capacidad de respuesta organizacional de las pequeñas empresas. Una muestra de 132 pequeñas empresas mexicanas permitió un análisis factorial que confirmó la calidad métrica del cuestionario empleado, así como la realización de un modelo de regresión múltiple. En las regresiones simples se comprueba una relación positiva significativa entre la adquisición, asimilación, transformación y explotación con la capacidad de respuesta de la organización. El modelo de regresión múltiple excluyó la explotación del conocimiento, lo que implica que las pequeñas empresas se benefician del conocimiento externo para fortalecer su bagaje interno, mejorar sus procesos y rutinas, pero conjuntamente no aprovechan las bondades de la explotación del conocimiento. Esta investigación revela a las PYME la necesidad de estimular y aprovechar su capacidad de absorción para desarrollar nuevos productos o servicios que den respuesta a un mercado cada vez más exigente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The absorption capacity allows companies to combine the knowledge extracted from the outside with the previously developed inside to respond to the constant changes in their environment. The purpose was to determine the influence of the acquisition, assimilation, transformation and exploitation of knowledge and its impact on the organizational response capacity of small companies. A sample of 132 small Mexican companies was used. The questionnaire&#8217;s quality was confirmed. A hierarchical regression model was determined. The results showed a significant positive relationship between acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation with the response capacity of the organization. Nevertheless, the multiple regression model excluded the exploitation of knowledge. This means that small companies benefit from external knowledge to strengthen their internal baggage, but they do not obtain the benefits of exploitation by not materializing knowledge abroad through innovation. This research reveals the SMEs need to stimulate and take advantage of their absorption capacity in the development of new products or services that respond to an increasingly demanding market.]]></p></abstract>
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