TY - JOUR
T1 - Untangling the Ambidexterity Dilemma through Big Data Analytics
AU - Bøe-Lillegraven, Tor
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Ambidexterity theory suggests that the ability to simultaneously explore and exploit is linked to firm performance, but the empirical evidence to date is mixed. In this study, I review existing research on firm performance in the newspaper industry in order to identify the main causal factors in a single industrial context. Three broad categories emerge: media convergence, organizational ambidexterity, and business model innovation. By incorporating variables and arguments from these categories into a basic performance model, I develop a multi-dimensional conceptual framework of explore and exploit value chains. The article concludes with a discussion of how the explore/exploit framework can be operationalized using big data analytics, and recommendations for future research are offered.
AB - Ambidexterity theory suggests that the ability to simultaneously explore and exploit is linked to firm performance, but the empirical evidence to date is mixed. In this study, I review existing research on firm performance in the newspaper industry in order to identify the main causal factors in a single industrial context. Three broad categories emerge: media convergence, organizational ambidexterity, and business model innovation. By incorporating variables and arguments from these categories into a basic performance model, I develop a multi-dimensional conceptual framework of explore and exploit value chains. The article concludes with a discussion of how the explore/exploit framework can be operationalized using big data analytics, and recommendations for future research are offered.
KW - Ambidexterity
KW - Exploration-exploitation
KW - Organizational performance
KW - Big data
KW - Analytics capability
KW - Organization design
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U2 - 10.7146/jod.18173
DO - 10.7146/jod.18173
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 27
EP - 37
JO - Journal of Organization Design
JF - Journal of Organization Design
SN - 2245-408X
IS - 3
ER -