Ambidexterity or trade-off?: External technology acquisition and its impact on firm innovative and financial performance

Alexandra KALININA; William Piu WAN

Ambidexterity or trade-off? External technology acquisition and its impact on firm innovative and financial performance

Department of Management

Research output: Conference Papers › RGC 33 - Other conference paper › peer-review

Abstract

Acquiring external technologies can help firms efficiently respond to environmental dynamism. Based on the ambidexterity literature, firms should balance exploratory and exploitative activities in order to ensure long-term success. We hypothesize that balancing the number of acquired incremental and radical technologies will have a positive impact on a firm’s long-term innovative and financial performance. Additionally, a domain separation mode to balance acquired technologies is less costly, and thus is more beneficial for firm performance than is a temporal separation mode. This research will shed light on the ambidexterity phenomenon in the context of external technology acquisition.

Original language	English
Publication status	Presented - 18 Sept 2016
Event	SMS 36th Annual Conference : Strategies That Move the World - Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany Duration: 17 Sept 2016 → 20 Sept 2016 https://www.strategicmanagement.net/berlin/overview/welcome file:///C:/Users/lb230792/Downloads/Berlin_Program_4WEB.pdf

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Conference	SMS 36th Annual Conference
Place	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	17/09/16 → 20/09/16
Internet address	https://www.strategicmanagement.net/berlin/overview/welcome file:///C:/Users/lb230792/Downloads/Berlin_Program_4WEB.pdf

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