Managing tensions between exploitative and exploratory innovation through purchasing function ambidexterity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2020.100645
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates how companies can manage tensions between exploitative and exploratory innovation by developing an ambidextrous purchasing function. We identify four types of ambidexterity (structural, sequential, contextual and managerial) and discuss how these… read more here.
Keywords: exploitative exploratory; exploratory innovation; innovation; ambidexterity ... See more keywords
Boards of directors' roles and size: what effects on exploitative and exploratory innovations Case of listed Tunisian firms
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DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2019.10018519
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the size and the roles of the board of directors (BD) on two types of innovation namely exploitative and exploratory innovations. These relationships have… read more here.
Keywords: exploitative exploratory; size; innovation; directors roles ... See more keywords