Trade-off between creativity and productivity in technology-based SMEs performance: policy implications in South Korea
| Autor: | John Laurence Enriquez, Fiona Sussan, Ravi Chinta, Ki-Chan Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Development Trade-off Creativity Conceptual framework 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations 050211 marketing The Conceptual Framework Business Marketing Digital Revolution Productivity 050203 business & management Industrial organization media_common Ambidexterity |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 22:510-524 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9648 1354-7860 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13547860.2016.1278326 |
| Popis: | The digital revolution has impacted the study of innovation in organizations in such a way that research on organizational ambidexterity needs a more phenomenon-driven approach. In light of this identified need, this article examines the performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Korea based on their balance in exploration and exploitation activities. A 2 (explorative: hi, low) × 2 (exploitative: hi, low) conceptual framework is introduced to depict four types of combined ambidexterity in firms and hypothesize that short- and long-term performances vary among these types of firms. Data from more than 2800 hi-tech manufacturing SMEs in South Korea were collected to empirically test the conceptual framework. The results confirmed the hypothesized difference in performance. Firms indeed vary in degrees of explorative and exploitative innovation and thus have positive but imbalanced impact on their performance. Firms that are high (low) in both explorative and exploitative inno... |
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