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TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Volume 117, Issue -, Pages 327-338Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.11.014
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Structural ambidexterity; Competency traps; Technological innovation; Network ambidexterity
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We investigate the organizational dysfunctions that can interfere with the implementation of structural ambidexterity as a dynamic capability. We find that these dysfunctions give rise to competency traps characterized by interlinked cognitive, organizational and behavioral dimensions, that can severely compromise structural ambidexterity. Further, from the perspective of network ambidexterity, we also find that the inventions of the explorative unit can be treated as external to the focal organization, mirroring the dynamics of portfolio resources found in the context of strategic alliances. Our findings extend understanding of organizational ambidexterity as a dynamic capability, in particular how competency traps can severely compromise ambidexterity; and how network-like effects can adversely shape intra-firm dynamics. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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