To separate or to integrate The normative effect of national culture on organisational ambidexterity of automotive OEMs in transition towards electric mobility

Social capital, information sharing, ambidexterity, and performance for technology park firms in Turkey

“…suggest that national tendencies toward uncertainty avoidance affect the propensity of organizations to engage in exploratory technology. Phase 2 of our study, which contributes to the limited number of qualitative studies in the area of ambidexterity(Müller & Stephan, 2020), underlines how low generalized trust results in a preference for an exploitation-dominant innovation strategy for Turkish high-tech firms, even within a supportive technopark environment. By investigating a novel business context, our findings also add to the trust literature where it is noted that in contexts that display vulnerability and uncertainty, generalized trust can promote mutual cooperation, whereas its lack stops actors from creating new opportunities, seeking new (explorative) opportunities(Navarro-Carrillo, Valor-Segura, Lozano, & Moya, 2018) or starting entrepreneurial ventures in emerging markets(Kim & Li, 2014).…”

“…While this serial process can theoretically be put forth using mainstream literature, whether or not emerging market SMEs regard external partnerships as a means to reach contextual ambidexterity is yet to be studied. Social capital and ambidexterity are both context-specific, as interfirm interactions and practices are influenced by business environments (Lee & Hallak, 2020;Luo & Rui, 2009), and attitudes toward exploratory and exploitative innovation are largely determined by the national culture (Medcof & Wang, 2017;Mueller, Rosenbusch, & Bausch, 2013;Müller & Stephan, 2020). While there are a number of studies on how ambidexterity is understood in emerging markets (e.g., Chen, Yang, Dou, & Wang, 2018;Rao-Nicholson, Khan, Akhtar, & Merchant, 2016), there is still a need for in-depth studies on its dynamics in interorganizational business networks and ecosystems (Amankwah-Amoah et al, 2019;Khan, Amankwah-Amoah, Lew, Puthusserry, & Czinkota, 2022;Lee, Yang, & Park, 2020).…”

“…Our research utilizes data from Turkey, an underrepresented emerging market in the literature, despite being one of the seven largest emerging market economies (out of over 160) that make up 80% of the total emerging market outputs (Huidrom, Kose, & Ohnsorge, 2020). While Phase 1 of the study evaluates the generalizability of extant literature in this new context, the findings of Phase 2 of the study shed light on the understudied aspect of national culture and societal trust when looking into ambidexterity (Müller & Stephan, 2020).…”