Organizational ambidexterity: how to plan, design and manage exploratory initiatives in incumbent firms
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Autor: Zimmermann, Alexander
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Figures............................................................................................................VII
List of Tables............................................................................................................VIII
List of Abbreviations..................................................................................................IX
Summary of the Dissertation.....................................................................................XI
1. Introduction...........................................................................................................1
1.1. Theoretical Background................................................................................2
/. 1.1. Organizational trade-off between exploitation and exploration..............2
1.1.2. Organizational solutions to reconcile exploitation and exploration........3
1.2. Research Questions.......................................................................................5
1.3. Research Methodology..................................................................................6
2. Who Says Incumbents Can t Innovate? A Contingency Perspective on
Exploratory Search and Structural Contexts....................................................9
2.1. Introduction.................................................................................................10
2.2. Research Context: Incumbents in Mature Markets..................................... 11
2.3. Studying Exploratory Search and Structural Contexts................................13
2.4. Research Methodology................................................................................15
2.4.1. Research setting......................................................................................15
2.4.2. Data collection........................................................................................18
2.4.3. Data analysis...........................................................................................19
2.5. Structural Context Configurations for Exploratory Search.........................20
2.5.1. Differentiated regulated contexts............................................................20
2.5.2. Differentiated autonomous contexts.......................................................21
2.5.3. Integrated regulated contexts..................................................................22
2.5.4. Integrated autonomous contexts.............................................................23
2.5.5. Organizational differentiation................................................................24
2.5.6. Organizational autonomy.......................................................................26
2.6. Exploratory Search Types and Structural Context Configurations.............28
III
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2.6.1. Local supply-side search and integrated structural contexts.................29
2.6.2. Distant supply-side search and differentiated structural contexts.........30
2.6.3. Local demand-side search and regulated structural contexts................31
2.6.4. Distant demand-side search and autonomous structural contexts.........32
2.7. Discussion....................................................................................................33
2.7.1. Designing organizations for innovation: A contingency perspective.....34
2.7.2. External fit: Exploratory search types and structural context design.... 35
2.7.3. Internal fit: Structural context configurations for exploratory search... 37
2.7.4. Future research.......................................................................................38
2.7.5. Implications for managerial practice.....................................................38
2.8. Conclusion...................................................................................................39
3. Creation and Integration of Modular Knowledge: Boundary Types and
Combinative Capabilities..................................................................................41
3.1. Introduction.................................................................................................42
3.2. Theoretical Background..............................................................................43
3.2.1. Developing boundaries for knowledge creation.....................................44
3.2.2. Integrating disparate knowledge through combinative capabilities......45
3.3. Methodology................................................................................................46
3.3.1. Research context and sampling..............................................................47
3.3.2. Data collection........................................................................................49
3.3.3. Data analysis...........................................................................................50
3.4. Linking Boundary Types and Combinative Capabilities............................51
3.4.1. Boundaries of power and system capabilities.........................................51
3.4.2. Boundaries of identity and socialization capabilities.............................55
3.4.3. Boundaries of competence and coordinative capabilities......................57
3.5. Interrelations Between Combinative Capabilities.......................................60
3.5.1. Socialization capabilities and system capabilities..................................60
3.5.2. Coordinative capabilities and socialization capabilities........................62
3.6. Discussioa...................................................................................................64
3.6.1. Boundary characteristics between modular and architectural work units
.................................................................................................................64
3.6.2. Combinative capabilities to overcome different boundary types............65
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3.6.3. Sequence of establishing combinative capabilities.................................67
3.6.4. Implications for future research.............................................................68
3.6.5. Implications for managerial practice.....................................................69
3.7. Conclusion...................................................................................................70
4. Ambidexterity in Vertical and Horizontal Inter-Firm Relationships:
Governance Structures and Knowledge Processes.........................................71
4.1. Introduction.................................................................................................72
4.2. Theoretical Background..............................................................................73
4.2.1. Exploitative and explorative knowledge processes in inter-firm
relationships............................................................................................73
4.2.2. Governance in inter-firm relationships..................................................75
4.2.3. Vertical and horizontal inter-firm relationships.....................................7r5
4.3. Methodology................................................................................................77
4.3.1. Research setting and sampling...............................................................77
4.3.2. Data collection........................................................................................79
4.3.3. Data analysis...........................................................................................80
4.4. Relationship Characteristics, Governance Mechanisms, and Knowledge
Processes in Vertical and Horizontal Inter-Firm Relationships..................81
4.4.1. Characteristics of vertical and horizontal inter-firm relationships........82
4.4.2. Governance mechanisms for vertical and horizontal inter-firm
relationships............................................................................................83
4.4.3. Exploitative and explorative knowledge processes.................................88
4.5. Discussion....................................................................................................94
4.5.1. Inter-firm ambidexterity: Distinct exploitative and explorative knowledge
processes.................................................................................................94
4.5.2. Ambidextrous governance mechanisms for exploitative and explorative
knowledge processes...............................................................................95
4.5.3. Ambidexterity in vertical and horizontal types of inter-firm relationships
.................................................................................................................97
4.5.4. Implications for future research.............................................................98
4.5.5. Further Implications for managerial practice........................................99
4.6. Conclusion.................................................................................................100
Table of Contents
5. Summary............................................................................................................101
5.1. Theoretical Findings..................................................................................101
5.1.1. Exploratory search types and structural contexts................................101
5.1.2. Intra-firm boundary types and combinative capabilities.....................102
5.1.3. Inter-firm relationship types, governance structures, and knowledge
processes...............................................................................................102
5.2. Managerial Model.....................................................................................103
5.2.1. Intra-firm exploratory initiatives..........................................................104
5.2.2. Inter-firm exploratory initiatives..........................................................110
5.3. Conclusion.................................................................................................114
References..................................................................................................................117
VI
List of Figures
List of Figures
Figure 2-1
Figure 2-2
Figure 3-1
Figure 3-2
Figure 4-1
Figure 5-1
Figure 5-2
Figure 5-3
Figure 5-4:
Structural context configurations of sample work units.........................25
Exploratory search types and related structural context configurations. 33
Boundary types, integrative challenges and combinative capabilities ... 59
Interrelations between combinative capabilities.....................................63
Relationships between governance mechanisms and knowledge
processes in different inter-firm relationship types................................94
Planning, designing, and managing exploratory initiatives..................103
Framework for defining a new exploratory initiative s objectives.......105
Aligning the structural context design with an exploratory initiative s
objectives..............................................................................................106
Combinative capabilities to manage varying levels of differentiation. 108
Figure 5-5: Sample firms share price developments in percent since May 2008 ... I 15
List of Tables
List of Tables
Table 2-1:
Table 2-2:
Table 2-3:
Table 2-4:
Table 3-1-
Table 3-2-
Table 3-3
Table 4-1
Table 4-2
Table 4-3
Table 4-4
Table 5-1
Table 5-2
Table 5-3
Table 5-4
Facts and figures on the sample companies..........................................16
Exploratory initiatives and work units..................................................17
Organizational differentiation...............................................................26
Organizational autonomy......................................................................27
Work unit categories and boundary types............................................49
Boundary characteristics of different boundary types..........................52
Organizational mechanisms for different combinative capabilities.....53
Comparison of the four cooperative new product development projects
in our sample.........................................................................................79
Characteristics of vertical and horizontal inter-firm relationships.......83
Inter-firm governance mechanisms and underlying governance
instruments............................................................................................84
Knowledge processes and underlying knowledge types......................89
Organizational mechanisms to design structural contexts..................107
Combinative capabilities and underlying organizational mechanisms
.............................................................................................................109
Inter-firm relationship designs for different strategic objectives.......112
Configurations of governance mechanisms to manage different inter-
firm relationship types........................................................................113
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