the purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of organizational ambidexterity on strategic entrepreneurship in software companies. therefore we examined the ambidexterity with two dimensions i.e. exploration and exploitation as an independent variable and strategic entrepreneurship with four dimensions i.e. entrepreneurial mindset, innovation, managing resources strategically and competit...

In todays digitized and globalized economy, companies face increasing competitive pressures and unprecedented speed of change in business conditions. Considering limited IT budgets, process owners and IT departments need to decide how to divide their spending on efficiency-enhancing and flexibility-enhancing IT capabilities to optimally support their business processes. Turning from thinking of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discover a three-step process for building contextual ambidexterity into inter-organizational IT-enabled service processes through developmental interventions. Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal action research project was conducted. The empirical study consisted of three consecutive developmental interventions to support the collaborative dev...

A alliance studies have generally favored an ambidextrous approach between exploration and exploitation, they tend to overlook a firm’s characteristics, its industry constraints, or the dynamic network in which the firm is embedded. This study examines the ambidexterity hypothesis and its boundary conditions with a unique research method. We not only analyze empirical data from five U.S. indust...

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In this study, we develop a conceptual model to illuminate how firms can better compete through service basing on a process view. In accordance with the thought of organizational ambidexterity, we firstly suggest that the efficiency and flexibility in the operation of service process are equally important for organizations desiring to achieve a superior service performance. Additionally, consid...

. by using theorical sampling and using sampling techniques targeted (judgment) sampling and application of snowball (chain) and purposive sampling was carried out on the basis of 16 interviews with administrators, faculty and academic experts of acecr which were experienced in the field of exploitation and exploration and are expert in both fields. analysis of interview data in the process of ...

Dealing with the tension between explorative and exploitative activities is a key issue for firms. Literature suggests that ambidexterity allows firms to manage this issue properly and provides firms with specific competitive advantages. This study was conducted aiming at investigating the impact of Human Resources measures on organizational ambidexterity in smart city projects. Method used is ...