Adaptative ambidexterity and dynamic environment: a longitudinal study of an SME

Ambidexteridad adaptativa y entorno dinámico: un estudio longitudinal de una pequeña y mediana empresa

Caroline Mothe () and Jean-Christophe Bogaert
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Caroline Mothe: IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc

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Abstract: The temporal effect of organizational ambidexterity on the longevity of organizations remains little studied, especially in a context of a dynamic environment. Our longitudinal research covering the 25 years of existence of a SME in industrial biotechnology is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The results show that the company has succeeded all along its history to maintain high intensities of exploration and exploitation and to adapt them to multiple changes in its environment thanks to network elements essentially. We show that an adaptive organizational ambidexterity can be sustained dynamically by combining different types of ambidexterity through organizational plasticity and a combination of fundamentally different approaches on the short and long term.

Keywords: long-term development; archives; longitudinal; ambidexterity; ambidexteridad; desarrollo a largo plazo; archivos; ambidextrie; développement à long terme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Management international = International management = Gestión internacional, 2019, 24 (hors-série), pp.109-124. ⟨10.7202/1077437ar⟩

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DOI: 10.7202/1077437ar

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