Dynamic Capabilities and Firm Performance in the High-Tech Industry: Quadratic and Moderating Effects under Differing Ambidexterity Levels

Michael Yao-Ping Peng, Zhaohua Zhang, Hsin-Yi Yen and Shu-Mi Yang
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Michael Yao-Ping Peng: School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Zhaohua Zhang: School of Humanities, Jinan University, Zhuhai 519070, China
Hsin-Yi Yen: Department of International Business, Providence University, Taichung 43301, Taiwan
Shu-Mi Yang: Department of Business Administration, Ling Tung University, Taichung 408, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 18, 1-15

Abstract: This study uses the perspectives of dynamic capabilities and ambidexterity to investigate the direct effect of the development of an organization’s explorative and exploitative capabilities on organizational tensions and performance. We employed a sample of high-tech Taiwanese firms to test our hypotheses and surveyed the informants’ knowledge about their companies. We sent out 1000 questionnaires and received 234 valid responses, yielding a 23.4% effective response rate. The results also indicated that the consideration of incorporating balanced and combined dimension ambidexterity would benefit high-tech firms and help them facilitate higher performance. In summary, based on the results of previous studies, this study divided dynamic capabilities into exploitation capabilities and exploration capabilities, and divided ambidexterity into combined and balanced dimensions, so as to redefine the relationship between dynamic capabilities, ambidexterity and organizational performance from the perspective of tension, thereby enhancing the connotations of dynamic theory.

Keywords: ambidexterity; dynamic capability; high-tech industry; organizational tensions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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