Ambidexterity as a dynamic capability: Resolving the innovator's dilemma
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Organizations with dynamic technological capacities manage to solve March's dilemma of explore and exploit, or the ambidexterity dilemma in the public sector: how to introduce radical new technological solutions while providing services prescribed by laws and regulations.
“Importantly, organizations with dynamic technological capacities manage to solve March's dilemma of explore and exploit, or what could also be called the ambidexterity dilemma in public sector: how to introduce radical new technological solutions, while providing for services prescribed by laws and regulations (March 1991, O'Reilly and Tushman 2008).”
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- Authors
- O’Reilly, C. A., & Tushman, M. L.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- O’Reilly, Charles A.
- ORCID
- O’Reilly, Charles A.
- Venue
- Research in Organizational Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 28
- Pages
- 185-206
- ISSN
- 0191-3085 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3121453158
- Cited by
- 2,431
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 143 · 2025: 149 · 2024: 181 · 2023: 167 · 2022: 183 · 2021: 197 · 2020: 172 · 2019: 178 · 2018: 170 · 2017: 175 · 2016: 114 · 2015: 133 · 2014: 133 · 2013: 97 · 2012: 93
- FWCI
- 143.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Research in Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Organizational Management and Leadership
- Keywords
- ambidexterity, dynamic capabilities, innovator's dilemma, organizational adaptation, exploration and exploitation, organizational ecology, senior management teams, competitive advantage, organizational learning
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