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Balancing Exploitation and Exploration - Organizational Antecedents and Performance Effects of Innovation Strategies
of: Patrick Schulze
Gabler Verlag, 2009
ISBN: 9783834983978 , 288 Pages
Format: PDF, Read online
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Balancing Exploitation and Exploration - Organizational Antecedents and Performance Effects of Innovation Strategies
Foreword
6
Preface
8
Table of Contents
9
Figures
12
Tables
14
Acronyms
17
1 Introduction
19
1.1 Relevance of Innovation Strategies
19
1.2 Research Aim and Research Questions
23
2 Context, Definitions and Characteristics of Exploitation and Exploration
33
2.1 Exploitation, Exploration and Related Concepts in Literature
33
2.2 Definition of Exploitation and Exploration
37
2.3 Characteristics and Requirements of Exploitation and Exploration
42
3 Theoretical Framework
48
3.1 Exploitation, Exploration and Competitive Advantage
48
3.2 Frameworks on the Balance between Exploitation and Exploration
50
3.3 Selection of Ambidexterity as Theoretical Framework
73
3.4 Extension of the Ambidexterity Framework: A Contingency View
77
3.5 Summary of the Theoretical Framework
82
4 Hypotheses and Research Model
83
4.1 Performance Effects of Innovation Strategies
83
4.2 Moderators of the Innovation Strategy-Performance Relation
87
4.3 Organizational Antecedents of Ambidexterity
90
4.4 Control Variables
91
4.5 Research Models and Summary of Hypotheses
93
5 Methodology of Data Analysis
96
5.1 Selection of a Confirmative Research Method
96
5.2 Selection of Structural Equation Modeling as Research Technique
97
5.3 Selection of Partial Least Squares (PLS) as Statistical Algorithm
101
5.4 Evaluation of Structural Equation Models in PLS
107
5.5 Concluding Remarks on the Research Method
122
6 Design of the Research Instrument
134
6.1 Fundamental Considerations
134
6.2 Measurement of the Independent Variable Innovation Strategy
137
6.3 Measurement of the Dependent Variable Performance
138
6.4 Measurement of the Antecedent Variables
141
6.5 Measurement of the Moderator Variables
154
6.6 Measurement of the Control Variables
157
6.7 Summary of the Research Instrument
158
7 Data Collection and Data Sample
160
7.1 Data Collection Method
160
7.2 Generation of the Data Sample
162
7.3 Characteristics of the Final Data Sample
164
7.4 Evaluation of the Final Data Sample
166
8 Results
172
8.1 Evaluation of the Performance Research Model
172
8.2 Evaluation of the Antecedent Research Model
195
8.3 Evaluation of the Control Variables
205
8.4 Summary of the Results
212
9 Discussion and Implications
213
9.1 Research-Related Implications
213
9.2 Managerial Implications
224
9.3 Limitations and Directions for Further Research
227
10 Appendix
230
10.1 Cover Letter and Reminder
230
10.2 Questionnaire
233
10.3 Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test for Normal Distribution
242
10.4 Control Models Performance Effects
244
10.5 Control Models Antecedents Effects
257
11 Bibliography
271
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