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An empirical examination of vacillation theory
Title
An empirical examination of vacillation theory
Authors
Kang J.
;
Kang R.
;
Kim S.-J.
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김상준
SCOPUS Author ID
김상준
Issue Date
2017
Journal Title
Strategic Management Journal
ISSN
0143-2095
Citation
Strategic Management Journal vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 1356 - 1370
Keywords
exploration and exploitation
;
firm performance
;
organizational ambidexterity
;
organizational change
;
vacillation theory
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Indexed
SSCI; SCOPUS
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Research summary: Since Nickerson and Zenger (2002) proposed how vacillation may lead to organizational ambidexterity, large-sample empirical tests of their theory have been missing. In this paper, we empirically examine the performance implications of vacillation. Building upon vacillation theory, we predict that the frequency and scale of vacillation will have inverted U-shaped relationships with firm performance. We test our hypotheses using patent-based measures of exploration and exploitation in the context of technological innovation and knowledge search. Managerial summary: Firms often shift their focus on technological innovation and knowledge search from seeking new and novel knowledge (i.e., exploration) to extending and refining existing knowledge (i.e., exploitation) or vice versa. We examine how the frequency and scale of firms vacillating between exploration and exploitation may affect their performance. We find that both too infrequent or too frequent changes and a too small or too large scale of changes are not desirable. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DOI
10.1002/smj.2588
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