The purpose of this paper is to assess the moderating effects of motivating and contextual factors on the relationship of innovation ambidexterity and firm performance. A theoretical framework was developed and tested using survey data from a sample of the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey (GUESSS). The results suggest a positive effect of ambidexterity on firm performance, which is posi...
Firms try to follow the best strategy to reach their competitive advantage. Combining exploration and exploitation in an innovation ambidexterity strategy can be an alternative to improve firm performance. Thus, using survey data from the sample of the 2018 GUESSS project, this study assessed the effect of innovation ambidexterity on firm performance and the moderator effects of normative and cognitive institut...
The purpose of this paper is to assess the moderating effects of motivating and contextual factors on the relationship of innovation ambidexterity and firm performance. A theoretical framework was developed and tested using survey data from a sample of the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’Survey (GUESSS). The results suggest a positive effect of ambidexterity on firm performance, which is posit...
The literature on entrepreneurship has seen a rising interest in two types of entrepreneurial action: effectuation and bricolage. Given the inconclusiveness of contextual antecedents and individual attributes for both concepts, we conduct a meta-synthesis—an evidence-based method—on these two modes of entrepreneurial action. Our study gathers evidence on the contextual antecedents and entrepreneurs’ individual ...