Academy of Management Perspectives· 2013Q1· Review
Organizational Ambidexterity: Past, Present, and Future
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This review synthesizes the explosion of research on organizational ambidexterity, defined as a company's ability to simultaneously explore new opportunities and exploit existing ones.
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Key points
- Organizational ambidexterity involves balancing exploration (new markets/tech) and exploitation (mature markets/tech).
- Research interest in this topic has grown dramatically in the past 15 years.
- The paper reviews current knowledge and identifies areas needing further investigation.
- Future research directions for organizational ambidexterity are proposed.
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Abstract
Organizational ambidexterity refers to the ability of an organization to both explore and exploit—to compete in mature technologies and markets where efficiency, control, and incremental improvement are prized and to also compete in new technologies and markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation are needed. In the past 15 years there has been an explosion of interest and research on this topic. We briefly review the current state of the research, highlighting what we know and don't know about the topic. We close with a point of view on promising areas for ongoing research.
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