Managerial attention to exploitation versus exploration: toward a dynamic perspective on ambidexterity

Walrave, Bob; Romme, A.G.L.; Oorschot, K.E. van; Langerak, Fred

doi:10.1093/icc/dtx015

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“…Independent of the applied mechanism to achieve ambidexterity, if individual ambidextrous behavior is achieved, research indicates positive performance effects for the organizational unit in which it is achieved (Gibson and Birkinshaw 2004;Walrave et al 2017). More specifically, individual ambidexterity should foster effective knowledge accumulation and thus leads to a broad knowledge base that helps companies to more effectively generate radical innovation compared to companies with only a deep understanding of a particular knowledge area (Zhou and Li 2012).…”

Section: Individual Ambidexteritymentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of individual ambidexterity for organizational performance: examining effects of ambidextrous knowledge seeking and offering

Schnellbächer

Heidenreich

2020

J Technol Transf

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Empirical research has confirmed positive effects of organizational ambidexterity for companies’ long-term performance. More recent research has shifted the focus from organizational level exploration and exploitation to the individual in order to understand psychological micro-foundations of individual ambidexterity. However, our current knowledge on how knowledge flows within individual ambidexterity are initiated and affect performance outcomes is limited. This study thus strives to shed light on the topic by introducing two mechanisms, namely ambidextrous knowledge seeking and ambidextrous knowledge offering, that capture how knowledge flows within individual ambidexterity are initiated. Based on survey-data from 415 employees, findings from structural equation modeling provide first empirical evidence that the focal constructs significantly affect knowledge accumulation on the department level as well as its performance. Finally, results from additional moderation analysis indicate, that ambidextrous knowledge offering leads to higher performance effects in environments characterized by the pursuit of radical innovations, while ambidextrous knowledge seeking is rather suited for environments with a focus on innovating incrementally.

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Section: Individual Ambidexteritymentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of individual ambidexterity for organizational performance: examining effects of ambidextrous knowledge seeking and offering

Schnellbächer

Heidenreich

2020

J Technol Transf

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“…In incumbent firms, a second source of tension lies in the coexistence of the firm's existing activities and the development of new ones (Walrave, Romme, Van Oorschot, & Langerak, 2017;Yadav et al, 2007). On the one hand, some studies suggest that the prevailing BM allows synergies with the new BM (Sabatier et al, 2010).…”

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Unpacking Business Model Innovation Through an Attention-Based View

Laszczuk

Mayer

2020

mgmt

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Attention is considered as a critical driver for business model (BM) innovation in established firms, where existing activities already absorb internal actors’ time and effort. Although previous studies acknowledge the role of attention to detect opportunities or to generate new ideas, we still need to understand how actors deal with attentional tensions inherent in the development of a new additive BM. This article addresses this issue by adopting an attention-based view of BM innovation, that is, by examining the forms of attention involved in the process of developing a new BM. Through a longitudinal study in a small consulting company, we unfold an incremental and ongoing process of new BM development. Our findings identify three attentional stages triggered by specific mechanisms that drive BM innovation, from detecting new ideas to their implementation. The attentional perspective we use in this study revises the role of a prevailing BM in the emergence of new business logics in established firms. While previous studies consider it as an impediment for BM innovation, we reveal that actors can develop new BMs by navigating between differentiation and consistency with the prevailing BM.

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“…Future research could use a longitudinal study method, which could generate more relevant findings. Third, like other studies (Lee et al, 2017;Pertusa-Ortega & Molina-Azorín, 2018;Walrave et al, 2017), it is not easy to generalize our findings, given that the results provided evidence from a specific context (i.e., the organic agro-food industry) and a specific country (i.e., Spain). However, these results may be relevant in other industries with similar characteristics.…”

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confidence: 46%

The role of formalization and organizational trust as antecedents of ambidexterity: An investigation on the organic agro-food industry

Chams-Anturi

Moreno‐Luzón

Romano

2020

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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This article investigates the influence of specific key organizational factors (i.e., enabling formalization, coercive formalization, and trust) as antecedents of ambidexterity. Moreover, we propose a new way of operationalizing ambidexterity, under a holistic vision, including the synergies between exploration and exploitation. The study has been developed in the Spanish organic agro-food industry; a total of 239 usable responses were received from two respondents from each company—the general manager and the quality manager. The findings show that enabling formalization and organizational trust are positively related to ambidexterity, but contrary to our predictions, we found no evidence to show that coercive formalization is related to ambidexterity. In turn, we found different results for trust as a moderating factor on the types of formalization and ambidexterity.

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Managerial attention to exploitation versus exploration: toward a dynamic perspective on ambidexterity

Cited by 40 publications

References 79 publications

The role of individual ambidexterity for organizational performance: examining effects of ambidextrous knowledge seeking and offering

The role of individual ambidexterity for organizational performance: examining effects of ambidextrous knowledge seeking and offering

Unpacking Business Model Innovation Through an Attention-Based View

The role of formalization and organizational trust as antecedents of ambidexterity: An investigation on the organic agro-food industry

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