TY - JOUR
T1 - Do Knowledge Management and Dynamic Capabilities Affect Ambidextrous Entrepreneurial Intensity and Firms’ Performance?
AU - Santoro, Gabriele
AU - Thrassou, Alkis
AU - Bresciani, Stefano
AU - Giudice, Manlio Del
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Amidst a contemporary fast-changing business environment, scholars and practitioners alike increasingly recognize knowledge management (KM) and dynamic capabilities as key elements in the development of firms’ competitive advantage. Our understanding of the effect of KM on firm performance, nonetheless, is still limited, as in fact are the circumstances under which KM and dynamic capabilities affect firms’ ambidexterity, which reflects firms’ ability to conduct synchronous exploration and exploitation activities. Thus, building on KM and dynamic capability literature, and implementing a quantitative methodology, this paper aims to investigate the elusive relationship among KM orientation, dynamic capabilities, and ambidextrous entrepreneurial intensity (EI). Employing a dataset composed of 181 Italian firms operating in the ICT industry, and using structural equation modeling, the research subsequently investigates whether and how this relationship affects the overall firm performance. Results indicate that KM orientation has a positive and significant impact on ambidextrous EI and performance, especially when the firm has substantial dynamic capabilities. These findings further facilitate the identification and prescription of explicit scholarly and managerial implications.
AB - Amidst a contemporary fast-changing business environment, scholars and practitioners alike increasingly recognize knowledge management (KM) and dynamic capabilities as key elements in the development of firms’ competitive advantage. Our understanding of the effect of KM on firm performance, nonetheless, is still limited, as in fact are the circumstances under which KM and dynamic capabilities affect firms’ ambidexterity, which reflects firms’ ability to conduct synchronous exploration and exploitation activities. Thus, building on KM and dynamic capability literature, and implementing a quantitative methodology, this paper aims to investigate the elusive relationship among KM orientation, dynamic capabilities, and ambidextrous entrepreneurial intensity (EI). Employing a dataset composed of 181 Italian firms operating in the ICT industry, and using structural equation modeling, the research subsequently investigates whether and how this relationship affects the overall firm performance. Results indicate that KM orientation has a positive and significant impact on ambidextrous EI and performance, especially when the firm has substantial dynamic capabilities. These findings further facilitate the identification and prescription of explicit scholarly and managerial implications.
KW - Ambidexterity
KW - ambidextrous entrepreneurial intensity (EI)
KW - dynamic capabilities
KW - Dynamic scheduling
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - entrepreneurship
KW - Industries
KW - Knowledge management
KW - knowledge management (KM)
KW - Organizations
KW - performance
KW - Technological innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065986660&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TEM.2019.2907874
DO - 10.1109/TEM.2019.2907874
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065986660
SN - 0018-9391
JO - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
JF - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
ER -