Shedding new light on the relationship between contextual ambidexterity and firm performance: An investigation of internal contingencies

Technovation

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 119-132

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Thongpapanl, Narongsak ^a   Dimov, Dimo ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Organizational contingencies; Performance

Indexed keywords

AMBIDEXTERITY; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; CONTEXTUAL AMBIDEXTERITIES; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTINGENCIES; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE COMPETITIONS;

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84875741451     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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