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
SHADES OF THE INNOVATION-PURCHASING FUNCTION — THE MISSING LINK OF OPEN INNOVATION
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DOI: 10.1142/s1363919618500081
Abstract: This paper seeks to instigate a new area of research in the Early Purchasing Involvement (EPI) literature around the question: How should a Purchasing function evolve in order to identify and capture innovation in the… read more here.
Keywords: innovation; innovation purchasing; purchasing function; function ... See more keywords