Innovation management and firms performance: the role of business strategy, organizational capabilities and external environment

Abstract

In the modern highly competitive business environments innovation research has flourished asthe need of organizations to develop new products, to compete intensively and to perform theirtasks adequately has become vital (Brown & Eisenhardt, 1995; Damanpour, 1991). Thiscontinuous change leads firms to confront with the tension of exploring new opportunities orexploiting current competencies (Floyd & Lane, 2000; Lavie, Stettner, & Tushman, 2010).March’s (1991) “ambidexterity” premise refers to the simultaneous pursuit of these contrastingactivities (exploration and exploitation). Specifically, firms seek to adjust to the turbulentenvironmental conditions through exploring new ideas, products and/or services whilesimultaneously developing their existing products, markets and competences (Benner &Tushman, 2003; Jansen, Van Den Bosch, & Volberda, 2006). Several literatures haveincreasingly argued about the antecedents of exploration and exploitation and their impact tofirms’ ambidexterity a ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/28282
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/28282
ND
28282
Alternative title
Διαχείριση καινοτομίας και απόδοση των επιχειρήσεων: ο ρόλος της επιχειρησιακής στρατηγικής, των οργανωσιακών ικανοτήτων και του εξωτερικού περιβάλλοντος
Author
Mammassis, Constantinos (Father's name: Sotirios)
Date
2013
Degree Grantor
University of Patras
Committee members
Αναστασόπουλος Γεώργιος
Πεχλιβανίδης Παντελεήμων
Συριόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος
Μαρούδας Λεωνίδας
Γιαννίκος Ιωάννης
Πολυχρονίου Παναγιώτης
Κωστόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος
Discipline
Social SciencesEconomics and Business
Keywords
Organizational ambidexterity; Exploration; Exploitation; Strategy; Innovation
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
136 σ., tbls., fig., ind.
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