How Knowledge Sharing Affects Business Model Innovation: An Empirical Study from the Perspective of Ambidextrous Organizational Learning

Xiangqian Li, Qiang Qiang, Li Huang and Cunquan Huang
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Xiangqian Li: School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243000, China
Qiang Qiang: School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243000, China
Li Huang: School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Cunquan Huang: School of Business, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243000, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: In the era of knowledge economy and open innovation, it is especially important for organizations to learn how to store and utilize internal and external knowledge for the sustainability of business models. The ability to innovate is a necessity for sustainable development, thus this paper starting from the internal factors driving enterprises to realize business model innovation, from perspective of ambidextrous organizational learning, takes 257 managers in enterprises as samples to empirically study the mechanism of knowledge sharing on business model innovation. The results of regression analysis and structural equation model (SEM) path analysis show that knowledge sharing affects novel and efficient business model innovation through ambidextrous organizational learning, and ambidextrous organizational learning plays a complete mediating role. Both explorative and exploitative learning have a significant positive impact on the novel and efficient business model innovation, and explorative learning has a stronger promoting effect. Therefore, in the practice of enterprise business model innovation, leaders need to establish a system that can promote the willingness of employees to share knowledge. Organizations need to pay attention to the effectiveness of explorative learning, consider the actual demand of employees as much as possible, and mobilize the initiative of employees in the learning process. Organizations also are required to pay attention to the balance between explorative learning and exploitative learning.

Keywords: knowledge sharing; ambidextrous organizational learning; novel business model innovation; efficient business model innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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