Schulze Balancing Exploitation and Exploration

Organizational Antecedents and Performance Effects of Innovation Strategies
2010
ISBN: 978-3-8349-8397-8
Verlag: Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Gabler
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Entrepreneurship

Patrick Schulze investigates the performance effects and organizational antecedents of innovation strategies and, in particular, ambidexterity.

Dr. Patrick Schulze wrote this dissertation under Prof. Malte Brettel's supervision at the WIN chair of the RWTH Aachen.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schulze, Patrick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;6
2;Preface;8
3;Table of Contents;9
4;Figures;12
5;Tables;14
6;Acronyms;17
7;1 Introduction;19
7.1;1.1 Relevance of Innovation Strategies;19
7.2;1.2 Research Aim and Research Questions;23
8;2 Context, Definitions and Characteristics of Exploitation and Exploration;33
8.1;2.1 Exploitation, Exploration and Related Concepts in Literature;33
8.2;2.2 Definition of Exploitation and Exploration;37
8.3;2.3 Characteristics and Requirements of Exploitation and Exploration;42
9;3 Theoretical Framework;48
9.1;3.1 Exploitation, Exploration and Competitive Advantage;48
9.2;3.2 Frameworks on the Balance between Exploitation and Exploration;50
9.3;3.3 Selection of Ambidexterity as Theoretical Framework;73
9.4;3.4 Extension of the Ambidexterity Framework: A Contingency View;77
9.5;3.5 Summary of the Theoretical Framework;82
10;4 Hypotheses and Research Model;83
10.1;4.1 Performance Effects of Innovation Strategies;83
10.2;4.2 Moderators of the Innovation Strategy-Performance Relation;87
10.3;4.3 Organizational Antecedents of Ambidexterity;90
10.4;4.4 Control Variables;91
10.5;4.5 Research Models and Summary of Hypotheses;93
11;5 Methodology of Data Analysis;96
11.1;5.1 Selection of a Confirmative Research Method;96
11.2;5.2 Selection of Structural Equation Modeling as Research Technique;97
11.3;5.3 Selection of Partial Least Squares (PLS) as Statistical Algorithm;101
11.4;5.4 Evaluation of Structural Equation Models in PLS;107
11.5;5.5 Concluding Remarks on the Research Method;122
12;6 Design of the Research Instrument;134
12.1;6.1 Fundamental Considerations;134
12.2;6.2 Measurement of the Independent Variable Innovation Strategy;137
12.3;6.3 Measurement of the Dependent Variable Performance;138
12.4;6.4 Measurement of the Antecedent Variables;141
12.5;6.5 Measurement of the Moderator Variables;154
12.6;6.6 Measurement of the Control Variables;157
12.7;6.7 Summary of the Research Instrument;158
13;7 Data Collection and Data Sample;160
13.1;7.1 Data Collection Method;160
13.2;7.2 Generation of the Data Sample;162
13.3;7.3 Characteristics of the Final Data Sample;164
13.4;7.4 Evaluation of the Final Data Sample;166
14;8 Results;172
14.1;8.1 Evaluation of the Performance Research Model;172
14.2;8.2 Evaluation of the Antecedent Research Model;195
14.3;8.3 Evaluation of the Control Variables;205
14.4;8.4 Summary of the Results;212
15;9 Discussion and Implications;213
15.1;9.1 Research-Related Implications;213
15.2;9.2 Managerial Implications;224
15.3;9.3 Limitations and Directions for Further Research;227
16;10 Appendix;230
16.1;10.1 Cover Letter and Reminder;230
16.2;10.2 Questionnaire;233
16.3;10.3 Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test for Normal Distribution;242
16.4;10.4 Control Models Performance Effects;244
16.5;10.5 Control Models Antecedents Effects;257
17;11 Bibliography;271

Context, Definitions and Characteristics of Exploitation and Exploration.- Theoretical Framework.- Hypotheses and Research Model.- Methodology of Data Analysis.- Design of the Research Instrument.- Data Collection and Data Sample.- Results.- Discussion and Implications.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Patrick Schulze wrote this dissertation under Prof. Malte Brettel’s supervision at the WIN chair of the RWTH Aachen.