Creating ambidexterity by integrating and balancing structurally separate interorganizational partnerships

OP Kauppila - Strategic organization, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent research indicates that interorganizational partnerships represent a potentially
important resource for the development of ambidexterity. However, little is known about how …

Structural differentiation and ambidexterity: The mediating role of integration mechanisms

JJP Jansen, MP Tempelaar… - Organization …, 2009 - pubsonline.informs.org
Prior studies have emphasized that structural attributes are crucial to simultaneously
pursuing exploration and exploitation, yet our understanding of antecedents of ambidexterity …

Ambidexterity under scrutiny: Exploration and exploitation via internal organization, alliances, and acquisitions

U Stettner, D Lavie - Strategic management journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Prior research on ambidexterity has limited its concern to balancing exploration and
exploitation via particular modes of operation. Acknowledging the interplay of tendencies to …

Introducing conflict as the microfoundation of organizational ambidexterity

A Martin, A Keller, J Fortwengel - Strategic Organization, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article contributes to our understanding of organizational ambidexterity by introducing
conflict as its microfoundation. Existing research distinguishes between three approaches to …

A microfoundational perspective of organizational ambidexterity: Critical review and research directions

SY Tarba, JJP Jansen, TJM Mom, S Raisch… - Long Range …, 2020 - Elsevier
Scholars have emphasized an organization's ability to simultaneously pursue exploratory
and exploitative activities-referred to as organizational ambidexterity-as critical to ensuring a …

Exploratory innovation, exploitative innovation, and ambidexterity: The impact of environmental and organizational antecedents

JJP Jansen, FAJ Van den Bosch… - Schmalenbach Business …, 2005 - Springer
Organizational ambidexterity (ie, the ability to pursue exploratory and exploitative innovation
simultaneously) is crucial to firm survival. In this study we explore how multiunit firms might …

Managing persistent tensions on the frontline: A configurational perspective on ambidexterity

A Zimmermann, S Raisch… - Journal of Management …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ambidexterity research has noted that firms' simultaneous pursuit of exploration and
exploitation causes organizational tensions that are difficult to resolve. To make these …

Structural and contextual approaches to ambidexterity: A meta-analysis of organizational and environmental contingencies

SPL Fourné, N Rosenbusch, MLM Heyden… - European Management …, 2019 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis examines the conditions under which structural and contextual
approaches help balance exploration and exploitation. Drawing on heterogeneous samples …

Continuously hanging by a thread: Managing contextually ambidextrous organizations

WH Güttel, SW Konlechner - Schmalenbach Business Review, 2009 - Springer
Ambidexterity can be defined as an organization's ability to simultaneously reconcile
exploration and exploitation. I n this paper, we focus on contextual ambidexterity, ie …

Is ambidexterity the missing link between entrepreneurship, management, and innovation?

DB Audretsch, M Guerrero - The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2023 - Springer
Organizational ambidexterity refers to an organization's ability to perform two tasks equally
proficiently. These tasks include efficiency vs. flexibility, adaptability vs. alignment …