Unpacking International Ambidexterity: An Integration of International Business and Organizational Ambidexterity Theory

Unpacking Organizational Ambidexterity: Dimensions, Contingencies, and Synergistic Effects

Significant ambiguity remains in the literature regarding the conceptualization of organizational ambidexterity. We unpack this construct into one with two dimensions we term the Balance Dimension of Ambidexterity (BD) and the Combined Dimension of Ambidexterity (CD). BD corresponds to a firm’s orientation to maintain a close relative balance between exploratory and exploitative activities, whi...

Contextual Determinants of Organizational Ambidexterity

Achieving Organizational Flexibility through Ambidexterity

This article introduces the concept of organizational ambidexterity and explains its value to military planning and problem-solving from the tactical to strategic levels. I 2005, as the US military waged numerous armed conflicts around the world, Army Chief of Staff General Peter J. Schoomaker was confronted with a serious troop shortage. In an interview with Time, he explained not only how he ...

Ambidexterity

a faculty as the right, and in many callings the power of equal use is very convenient. An ophthalmic surgeon for example who can use either hand indifferently for delicate eye operations can do his work more quickly and neatly than the man who can only trust his right hand. In piano and organ playing and in performing on most musical instruments ambidexterity is indispensable. Indeed in violin...

Organizational Ambidexterity: Antecedents, Outcomes, and Moderators