Ambidextrous orientation and performance in corporate venture units: A multilevel analysis of CV units in emerging market multinationals. Issue 6 (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Junni, Paulina; Chang, Yi-Ying; Sarala, Riikka M
• Is Part Of: Long range planning. Volume 53:Issue 6(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Management -- Periodicals; Business planning -- Periodicals; Gestion -- Périodiques; Management; Periodicals; 658.4012
• DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2019.101930
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0024-6301

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this article is to examine absorptive capacity and innovation-oriented corporate culture as moderators of the relationship between the ambidexterity of a CV unit and its performance. Accordingly, we propose that the absorptive capacity of a CV unit and an innovation-oriented, corporate culture positively moderate the effect of a CV unit's ambidexterity on its performance. We test our hypotheses with data from 180 CV units and their Taiwanese parent firms. Our paper contributes to a more fine-grained understanding of the role of ambidexterity in the CV units of emerging-market MNCs.