Building ambidextrous organizations through intellectual capital: a proposal for a multilevel model

Lastra, Susana Fernández-Pérez de la; García-Carbonell, Natalia; Alcázar, Fernando Martín; Gardey, Gonzalo Sánchez

doi:10.3926/ic.972

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“…(2015) developed a cross-level model examining the antecedents and performance consequences of the ambidexterity of unit-based structures by emphasizing the importance of studying the unique effects of the various facets of intellectual capital. Inspired by these previous studies, Fernández et al . (2017) further explored how different alternative combinations of human, social and organizational capital influence the processes by which organizations complement exploration and exploitation activities, thus introducing multilevel IC foundations to explain the process whereby the HC of individuals is transformed and leveraged.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…We found that a few studies have focused on IC arguments to explain how companies achieve ambidextrous behaviors through the combination and management of their dimensions, i.e. HC, RC and OC (Kang and Snell, 2009;Fern andez et al, 2017;Del Giudice et al, 2021), but none have applied these ideas to understand IC dynamics in the EE context. Thus, as the third step of the analysis, we identified the correspondence between our first-order concepts and the three categories of explorative IC (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We found that a few studies have focused on IC arguments to explain how companies achieve ambidextrous behaviors through the combination and management of their dimensions, i.e. HC, RC and OC (Kang and Snell, 2009; Fernández et al ., 2017; Del Giudice et al ., 2021), but none have applied these ideas to understand IC dynamics in the EE context.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A few studies have focused on IC arguments to explain how individual companies achieve ambidextrous behaviors through the combination and management of IC dimensions, i.e. HC, RC and OC, and highlighted ambidexterity as a promising lens for IC studies (Kang and Snell, 2009; Fernández et al ., 2017; Del Giudice et al ., 2021).…”

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Enablers of explorative and exploitative intellectual capital in entrepreneurial ecosystems

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Bernardi

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate the intellectual capital (IC) dynamics in entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) by conceptualizing EEs as systems whose purposes include the (re)generation of the intangible resources needed for effective entrepreneurship. The study proposes a taxonomy of the key enablers of IC and develops a model that captures the unfolding interdependencies across the enablers of explorative and exploitative human, relational and organizational capital in EEs.Design/methodology/approachThe authors purposefully selected a successful EE around an entrepreneurial university in Latin America as empirical case. Specifically, they investigated the IC dynamics of the EE in the context of a series of internationally awarded hackathons and related activities organized at the ecosystem level over three years (2019–2021). The research leveraged participant observations, in-depth interviews with multiple EE actors and archival documents. For the data analysis, this study combined the Gioia method with an abductive approach.FindingsFirst, the study identified 27 operationalizable enablers of IC at the EE level clustered into human, relational and organizational capital and further differentiated these enablers considering the explorative and exploitative facets of IC. Second, it determined that the dynamic interplay across IC enablers is critical for an EE to flourish and evolve adaptively. This study concludes that assessing IC enablers and their dynamics can aid the understanding, evaluation and management of EEs.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to conceptualize EEs as systems whose purposes include creating the conditions for an effective interplay of explorative and exploitative IC at the system level. The resulting taxonomy of IC enablers provides formative constructs that will benefit both scholars and practitioners investigating the crucial role of intangible resources in EEs and guide managers, entrepreneurs and policymakers in their decision-making processes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We found that a few studies have focused on IC arguments to explain how companies achieve ambidextrous behaviors through the combination and management of their dimensions, i.e. HC, RC and OC (Kang and Snell, 2009; Fernández et al ., 2017; Del Giudice et al ., 2021), but none have applied these ideas to understand IC dynamics in the EE context.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Using case study analysis, Wang and Jiang (2009) and Güttel et al (2015) show that becoming an ambidextrous organization requires focusing not only on the whole business's perspective but also on an organization's lower levels, i.e., managers, teams and individual staff. In their proposal of a multilevel theoretical model of building ambidextrous organizations through intellectual capital, Fernández-Pérez de la Lastra et al (2017) presents the extension of this point of view. This paper links the multilevel strategy to the next noticeable common topic, introducing an ambidextrous organization's models.…”

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Ambidextrous Organization

Mana-Ay

Kashyap

Forhad

et al. 2020

IJEAMaL

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Among the current concepts suggested for managers to deal with turbulence and multidimensionality in the business climate, organizational ambidexterity is listed. It seems to be quite enticing but difficult to incorporate the idea of incorporating both evolutionary and innovative organizational changes. While it has been widely debated for more than twenty years in management-related literature, it has not been extensively explored and is still an important subject for further research. The purpose of the paper is to examine the contribution of literature to the advancement of the idea of ambidextrous organization and recognize the major problems and trends in research production. The research method aims to address the following questions: (1) What are the main contributions of literature in the field to the concept's development? (2) What are the key topics of study and developments in the field? The applied methodology is a systematic literature survey. For the sampling process, the Scopus database is used as a source. The analysis highlights the following main areas of research interest in the field: (1) ambidexterity and ambidextrous conceptualization of organizations, (2) context of organizational management (including managers) where these assumptions are embedded and studied, (3) innovations, processes of organizational learning and creativity, and (4) aspects of strategic management.

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The Fit Between Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Organizational Performance Through SHRM

Blanch

Gil‐Lafuente²,

Moro³

et al. 2022

Computational and Decision Methods in Economics and Business

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Building ambidextrous organizations through intellectual capital: a proposal for a multilevel model

Cited by 13 publications

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Enablers of explorative and exploitative intellectual capital in entrepreneurial ecosystems

Enablers of explorative and exploitative intellectual capital in entrepreneurial ecosystems

Ambidextrous Organization

The Fit Between Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Organizational Performance Through SHRM

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