From: Absorptive capacity, technological innovation, and product life cycle: a system dynamics model
 | Introduction stage | Growth stage | Maturity stage | Declining stage |
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Time spent in founding an external knowledge network | Without consideration | Shorten | Extend | Without consideration |
R&D period | Without consideration | Shorten | Extend | Without consideration |
Knowledge diversity | Without consideration | Increase | Decrease | Without consideration |