Change of Organizational Ambidexterity in Corporate Venture Units: how an Innovation Unit Increasingly Develops Exploitative Tendencies
Seilz V, Krause-Söhner E, Schaller C, Roth A (2023)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2023
Journal
Book Volume: 60
Pages Range: 628-645
Issue: 3
DOI: 10.1365/s40702-023-00975-z
Abstract
The ability to engage in organizational ambidexterity (OA), i.e., to simultaneously make innovative efforts (exploration) in addition to optimizing the existing business (exploitation), is crucial for the long-term success of companies. Separate corporate venture units (CVUs) are often founded for this purpose. They have a special role to play as they have to contribute to the ambidexterity of their parent companies and at the same time develop their own OA-configurations, i.e. combinations of exploration and exploitation. Previous research shows that these combinations change over time and that exploitation is increasing in originally explorative innovation units. However, there has been little insight into how the associated changes look like, what initiates them, and how they can be influenced. This study therefore addresses the following research question: Through what can exploitative and explorative tendencies develop in a CVU? Using a case study in a CVU of the paper processing industry, various examples can be used to show how the combinations of exploration and exploitation change over time at different levels and how these changes are influenced by the CVU and its members. Concluding management implications indicate that accompanying role changes and the individual attitudes of employees need to be guided by management.
Authors with CRIS profile
Veronika Seilz
Chair of Information Systems I, Innovation and Value Creation
Elena Krause-Söhner
Chair of Information Systems I, Innovation and Value Creation
Angela Roth
Chair of Information Systems I, Innovation and Value Creation
Involved external institutions
Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Seilz, V., Krause-Söhner, E., Schaller, C., & Roth, A. (2023). Change of Organizational Ambidexterity in Corporate Venture Units: how an Innovation Unit Increasingly Develops Exploitative Tendencies. HMD : Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 60, 628-645. https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-023-00975-z
MLA:
Seilz, Veronika, et al. "Change of Organizational Ambidexterity in Corporate Venture Units: how an Innovation Unit Increasingly Develops Exploitative Tendencies." HMD : Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik 60 (2023): 628-645.
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