Open AccessCombining Networks, Ambidexterity and Absorptive Capacity to Explain Commercialization of Innovations: A Theoretical Model from Review and Extension
Author(s) -
Avimanyu Datta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of management and strategy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-3973
pISSN - 1923-3965
DOI - 10.5430/jms.v2n4p2
Subject(s) - ambidexterity , absorptive capacity , commercialization , exploit , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , knowledge management , business , extension (predicate logic) , industrial organization , computer science , marketing , psychology , developmental psychology , computer security , programming language
From a thorough review of literature we investigate the key antecedents and mediators to commercialization of innovations. We posit that a firm’s network, absorptive capacity and ambidexterity (ability to explore and exploit) each affect commercialization of Innovations. Further, we showed that networks are antecedents to absorptive capacity and ambidexterity, and absorptive capacity is an antecedent to ambidexterity. We integrate these concepts together and present an integrated theoretical model for further research.