Innovation ambidexterity, resource configuration and firm growth: is smallness a liability or an asset?
Abstract
This study examines when small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) benefit from innovation ambidexterity for their growth. We argue that innovation ambidexterity in SMEs is sensitive to resource configuration, necessitating a careful fit assessment among firms’ internal resources (firm size), external resources (customer concentration) and the forms of innovation ambidexterity. Patent and utility model data from 912 firm-years for the 2000–2017...
Paper Details
Title
Innovation ambidexterity, resource configuration and firm growth: is smallness a liability or an asset?
Published Date
May 26, 2021
Journal
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pages
2183 - 2209
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