Structural ambidexterity and competency traps: Insights from Xerox PARC

Heracleous, L., Papachroni, A., Andriopoulos, C. and Gotsi, M. 2017. Structural ambidexterity and competency traps: Insights from Xerox PARC. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 117, pp. 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.11.014

TitleStructural ambidexterity and competency traps: Insights from Xerox PARC
TypeJournal article
AuthorsHeracleous, L.
Papachroni, A.
Andriopoulos, C.
Gotsi, M.
Abstract

We investigate the organizational dysfunctions that can interfere with the implementation of structural ambidexterity as a dynamic capability. We find that these dysfunctions give rise to competency traps characterized by interlinked cognitive, organizational and behavioral dimensions, that can severely compromise structural ambidexterity. Further, from the perspective of network ambidexterity, we also find that the inventions of the explorative unit can be treated as external to the focal organization, mirroring the dynamics of portfolio resources found in the context of strategic alliances. Our findings extend understanding of organizational ambidexterity as a dynamic capability, in particular how competency traps can severely compromise ambidexterity; and how network-like effects can adversely shape intra-firm dynamics.

JournalTechnological Forecasting and Social Change
Journal citation117, pp. 327-338
ISSN0040-1625
Year2017
PublisherElsevier
Accepted author manuscript
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.11.014
Publication dates
Published online28 Nov 2016
Published28 Nov 2016
Published in printApr 2017
LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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