Realizing the Potential of the Ambidextrous Firm

Sustaining innovation in the face of pressures to be cost-competitive and make effective use of existing resources is not a new challenge, but recent acceleration of competition has pushed this issue high on the agenda for managers and researchers. Organizing and managing the “ambidextrous” company...

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Main Author: ROBINS, James Arthur
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-10642015-03-10T15:40:37Z Realizing the Potential of the Ambidextrous Firm ROBINS, James Arthur Sustaining innovation in the face of pressures to be cost-competitive and make effective use of existing resources is not a new challenge, but recent acceleration of competition has pushed this issue high on the agenda for managers and researchers. Organizing and managing the “ambidextrous” company – a firm that excel in exploring new areas of productive knowledge and exploiting existing capabilities – has emerged as a major concern of strategic management. In this paper, we explore coordination problems that make it difficult for firms to realize their potential as ambidextrous competitors. Organizations may possess superior skills for both exploration and exploitation yet fail to achieve competitive capabilities. Ambidexterity often involves high levels of differentiation within organizations and creates critical challenges for coordination 2006-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/65 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/1064/viewcontent/RobinsJA2006AmbidextrousFirm.pdf Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Strategic Management Policy Technology and Innovation
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ROBINS, James Arthur
Realizing the Potential of the Ambidextrous Firm
description Sustaining innovation in the face of pressures to be cost-competitive and make effective use of existing resources is not a new challenge, but recent acceleration of competition has pushed this issue high on the agenda for managers and researchers. Organizing and managing the “ambidextrous” company – a firm that excel in exploring new areas of productive knowledge and exploiting existing capabilities – has emerged as a major concern of strategic management. In this paper, we explore coordination problems that make it difficult for firms to realize their potential as ambidextrous competitors. Organizations may possess superior skills for both exploration and exploitation yet fail to achieve competitive capabilities. Ambidexterity often involves high levels of differentiation within organizations and creates critical challenges for coordination
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title Realizing the Potential of the Ambidextrous Firm
title_short Realizing the Potential of the Ambidextrous Firm
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publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2006
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/65
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