Title :
Ambidextrous Capabilities and Innovation Performance - The Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation
Author :
Yang, Dong ; Lang, Chungang ; Li, Hua
Author_Institution :
Ind. Eng., XIDIAN Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
Do the simultaneous pursuit of exploitative and explorative activities will add to or detract from innovation performance? We develop a model of firms as essentially ambidextrous, i.e. as engaging in both exploitative and explorative behavior. According to dynamic capabilities, we find that firms with ambidextrous capabilities - those that both use exploitative capabilities and build explorative capabilities indeed exhibit better innovation performance. Also, the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has positive moderating effect of on the relationship between capabilities and innovation performance.
Keywords :
commerce; innovation management; technology management; ambidextrous capability; entrepreneurial orientation; exploitative capability; explorative capability; innovation performance; moderating effect; Electrooptic effects; Helium; Knowledge based systems; Organizations; Production; Technological innovation; EO; ambidexterity; innovation performance;
Conference_Titel :
E-Business and E-Government (ICEE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3997-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICEE.2010.279