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Exploitation, Exploration, and Process Management: The Productivity Dilemma Revisited
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In this article, a contingency view of process management's influence on both technological innovation and organizational adaptation is developed, arguing that while process management activities are beneficial for organizations in stable contexts, they are fundamentally inconsistent with all but incremental innovation and change.Abstract:
We develop a contingency view of process management's influence on both technological innovation and organizational adaptation. We argue that while process management activities are beneficial for organizations in stable contexts, they are fundamentally inconsistent with all but incremental innovation and change. But dynamic capabilities are rooted in both exploitative and exploratory activities. We argue that process management activities must be buffered from exploratory activities and that ambidextrous organizational forms provide the complex contexts for these inconsistent activities to coexist.read more
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The interplay between exploration and exploitation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address four related issues related to exploration and exploitation in organizational adaptation research, and propose a framework to address them in the context of organizational adaptation and exploitation.
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Organizational Ambidexterity: Antecedents, Outcomes, and Moderators
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review various literature streams to develop a comprehensive model that covers research into the antecedents, moderators, and outcomes of organizational ambidexterity, defined as an organization's ability to be aligned and efficient in its management of today's business demands while simultaneously being adaptive to changes in the environment.
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Exploratory Innovation, Exploitative Innovation, and Performance: Effects of Organizational Antecedents and Environmental Moderators
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Institutional Complexity and Organizational Responses
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Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
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The Knowledge Creating Company
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