Impact of Technology Habitual Domain on Ambidextrous Innovation: Case Study of a Chinese High-Tech Enterprise

Xinwei Ye, Lei Ma, Junwen Feng, Yang Cheng and Zheng Liu
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Xinwei Ye: School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Lei Ma: Centre for Innovation and Development, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Junwen Feng: School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Yang Cheng: Centre for Innovation and Development, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Zheng Liu: Centre for Innovation and Development, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-21

Abstract: To obtain a sustainable competitive advantage in the dynamic environment, it is necessary for Chinese high-tech enterprises to focus on their technology habitual domains in formulating ambidextrous innovation strategy. This study integrates technology habitual domain, exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation within a framework and explores the influence mechanism among them. Based on an in-depth case study on KTE, representing a high-tech enterprise in China, we have several findings. Firstly, we depict the evolution mechanism of technology habitual domain; secondly, we find that the high-tech enterprise’s technology habitual domain will cultivate and develop the firms’ dynamic capabilities; and thirdly, the expansion of technology habitual domain will promote exploitative innovation, while the transformation of technology habitual domain will promote exploratory innovation. These findings can be useful guidance for high-tech enterprises in China who are aiming to achieve ambidextrous innovation to better adapt to the turbulent environment, and thus achieving sustainability.

Keywords: technology habitual domain; dynamic capabilities; ambidextrous innovation; exploitative innovation; exploratory innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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