Structural Differentiation and Ambidexterity: The Mediating Role of Integration Mechanisms
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...In contrast, the ambidexterity literature argues that organizations can do both of these learning activities simultaneously (Jansen et al., 2009; O’Reilly and Tushman, 2004)....
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...Although there is general consensus about the relationship between ambidexterity and performance, few studies have looked at the antecedents that promote ambidexterity competency (Andriopoulous and Lewis, 2009; Jansen et al., 2009)....
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...All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jom.2011.10.002 organization’s focus on efficiency or exploitative gains can inhibit their ability to innovate or explore (Abernathy, 1978; Benner and Tushman, 2002; Jansen et al., 2009)....
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...According to this literature, operational level tensions can be mitigated by physically separating exploration (in R&D units) and exploitation (in manufacturing) (Jansen et al., 2009)....
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...This piecemeal approach has resulted in diverse mechanisms such as integration (Smith and Tushman, 2005), differentiation (Jansen et al., 2009), and alignment and adaptability (Gibson and Birkinshaw, 2004) that can promote ambidexterity competency....
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...A four-item scale ( = 0 70) measures firmlevel exploitative innovation (Jansen et al. 2006) and captures the extent to which organizations build on existing knowledge and pursue incremental innovations that meet the needs of existing customers (Abernathy and Clark 1985, Benner and Tushman 2003,…...
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...provides organizations with competitive advantages over time (Barney 1991)....
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...Our study broadens the conceptual interpretation of organizational ambidexterity and suggests that it is difficult to achieve yet rare and not easily imitated, and 797 provides organizations with competitive advantages over time (Barney 1991)....
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...Organizational integration mechanisms not only facilitate new value creation through linking previously unconnected knowledge sources (Cohen and Levinthal 1990), but also through providing opportunities to leverage common resources and obtaining synergies across exploratory and exploitative units…...
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...…capabilities, which are embedded in the distinct ways that organizations integrate, build, and recombine competences flexibly across boundaries, are fundamental to long-term strategic advantage (Eisenhardt and Martin 2000, Henderson and Cockburn 1994, Kogut and Zander 1992, Teece et al. 1997)....
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