Ties with government, strategic capability, and organizational ambidexterity: Evidence from China's information communication technology industry

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-98

  Yu, Xiaoyu ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Nguyen, Bang ^b   Zhang, Wenhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Exploitative innovation strategy; Exploratory innovation strategy; Information communication technology industry; Strategic capability; Ties with government

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901819772     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-014-0175-3     Document Type: Article

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