ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY AS A PRELUDE TO CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

Contextual Determinants of Organizational Ambidexterity

The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance

We investigate the effect of corporate sustainability on organizational processes and performance. Using a matched sample of 180 US companies, we find that corporations that voluntarily adopted sustainability policies by 1993 – termed as High Sustainability companies – exhibit by 2009, distinct organizational processes compared to a matched sample of firms that adopted almost none of these poli...

Corporate ecological Responsiveness, Environmental Ambidexterity and IT-Enabled Environmental sustainability Strategy

An increased focus on creating a sustainable society has thrust environmental sustainability issues to societal and governmental forefront. Organizations can seize this opportunity to use environmental sustainability initiatives to set themselves apart from competitors. Achieving sustainability requires organizations to incorporate sustainability as part of their corporate strategy. A review of...

Achieving Organizational Flexibility through Ambidexterity

This article introduces the concept of organizational ambidexterity and explains its value to military planning and problem-solving from the tactical to strategic levels. I 2005, as the US military waged numerous armed conflicts around the world, Army Chief of Staff General Peter J. Schoomaker was confronted with a serious troop shortage. In an interview with Time, he explained not only how he ...

Organizational Ambidexterity and Corporate Entrepreneurship: the Differential Effects on Venturing, Innovation and Renewal Processes

Most corporate entrepreneurship studies have focused on either innovation, venturing or strategic renewal making comparison between the antecedents of all three aspects of corporate entrepreneurship difficult. Moreover, studies on corporate entrepreneurship hardly address organizational antecedents, while simultaneously managing and organizing CE and mainstream activities has been seen as a maj...