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How Do Managerial Ties Leverage Innovation Ambidexterity for Firm Growth?

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  • Leinan Zhang
  • Yonggui Wang
  • Zelong Wei

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Despite the potential of managerial ties to ease resource competition, caused by innovation ambidexterity and social capital theory, they differ in results depending on which type of managerial ties generates these benefits. To address this inconsistency, this study unpacks managerial ties into intra-industry and extra-industry ties and finds they give separate effects of innovation ambidexterity on firm growth. Based on social capital theory and innovation ambidexterity literature, we develop and examine three hypotheses with data from 207 firms. Intra-industry ties reduce, whereas extra-industry ties end up enhancing the positive effects of innovation ambidexterity on firm growth. This research contributes to both innovation ambidexterity literature and social capital theory.

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  • Leinan Zhang & Yonggui Wang & Zelong Wei, 2019. "How Do Managerial Ties Leverage Innovation Ambidexterity for Firm Growth?," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(4), pages 902-914, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:55:y:2019:i:4:p:902-914
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2018.1526075
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    1. Du, Yunzhou & Kim, Phillip H., 2021. "One size does not fit all: Strategy configurations, complex environments, and new venture performance in emerging economies," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 272-285.
    2. Lina Liu & Bo Yu & Weiwei Wu, 2019. "The Formation and Effects of Exploitative Dynamic Capabilities and Explorative Dynamic Capabilities: An Empirical Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-21, May.
    3. Úbeda-García, Mercedes & Claver-Cortés, Enrique & Marco-Lajara, Bartolomé & Zaragoza-Sáez, Patrocinio, 2020. "Toward a dynamic construction of organizational ambidexterity: Exploring the synergies between structural differentiation, organizational context, and interorganizational relations," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 363-372.

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