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Individual ambidexterity in SMEs: Towards a typology aligning the concept, antecedents and outcomes

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  • Ting Mu
  • Allard van Riel
  • Roel Schouteten

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Individual ambidexterity is of vital importance to the competitive advantage of organizations, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Yet the ambiguous conceptualization in literature hinders our understanding of the concept, its antecedents, and its outcomes. We use a systematic review to capture the development of individual ambidexterity in the literature since 2007, identifying several major issues obstructing its conceptual clarity. We further propose a typology based on the exploration-exploitation relationship. By identifying different types of individual ambidexterity and linking the concept to the context of SMEs, this review offers conceptual clarity and directions for studying individual ambidexterity in SMEs for future research.

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  • Ting Mu & Allard van Riel & Roel Schouteten, 2022. "Individual ambidexterity in SMEs: Towards a typology aligning the concept, antecedents and outcomes," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(2), pages 347-378, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:60:y:2022:i:2:p:347-378
    DOI: 10.1080/00472778.2019.1709642
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    1. Hyung-Min Choi & Daniel Kessler, 2022. "Airline Cabin Crew Members’ Ambidexterity as the Sustainable Attitude for Prosocial Passenger Service," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-18, December.
    2. Antonius Broek & Mikko Koria & Emilia Saarelainen, 2023. "I want to break free: how a design approach guides nascent intrapreneurs in a global public service organisation," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 1-17, December.

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