Organizational ambidexterity in construction projects
(2014) 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT 2014 In ICMIT 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology p.81-86- Abstract
Most organizations need to be ambidextrous by exploiting current knowledge to make profits today as well as exploring new knowledge to prepare for tomorrow's demands. The capacity to achieve both exploration and exploitation is especially problematic in project based organizations due to projects' discontinuous nature. In this study we investigate how exploration and exploitation is managed in inter-organizational projects, through a multiple case study of seven construction projects. Tentative findings show that project actors focus more on exploitation than on exploration and that exploitation often involves adopting conventional methods and solutions without any development efforts. The findings also reveal that investment in... (More)
Most organizations need to be ambidextrous by exploiting current knowledge to make profits today as well as exploring new knowledge to prepare for tomorrow's demands. The capacity to achieve both exploration and exploitation is especially problematic in project based organizations due to projects' discontinuous nature. In this study we investigate how exploration and exploitation is managed in inter-organizational projects, through a multiple case study of seven construction projects. Tentative findings show that project actors focus more on exploitation than on exploration and that exploitation often involves adopting conventional methods and solutions without any development efforts. The findings also reveal that investment in explorative innovations must be possible to exploit in the current project, since exploitation in future projects is uncertain.
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- author
- Eriksson, P. E. and Szentes, H. LU
- publishing date
- 2014-10-31
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Ambidexterity, exploitation, exploration, inter-organizational projects
- host publication
- ICMIT 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology
- series title
- ICMIT 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology
- article number
- 6942405
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- conference name
- 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT 2014
- conference location
- Singapore, Singapore
- conference dates
- 2014-09-23 - 2014-09-25
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84912068640
- ISBN
- 9781479955299
- DOI
- 10.1109/ICMIT.2014.6942405
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2014 IEEE.
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- c388864c-8702-48d0-aab2-8903ce061feb
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- 2022-10-28 10:48:03
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- 2022-11-16 19:01:09
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abstract = {{<p>Most organizations need to be ambidextrous by exploiting current knowledge to make profits today as well as exploring new knowledge to prepare for tomorrow's demands. The capacity to achieve both exploration and exploitation is especially problematic in project based organizations due to projects' discontinuous nature. In this study we investigate how exploration and exploitation is managed in inter-organizational projects, through a multiple case study of seven construction projects. Tentative findings show that project actors focus more on exploitation than on exploration and that exploitation often involves adopting conventional methods and solutions without any development efforts. The findings also reveal that investment in explorative innovations must be possible to exploit in the current project, since exploitation in future projects is uncertain.</p>}},
author = {{Eriksson, P. E. and Szentes, H.}},
booktitle = {{ICMIT 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology}},
isbn = {{9781479955299}},
keywords = {{Ambidexterity; exploitation; exploration; inter-organizational projects}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{10}},
pages = {{81--86}},
publisher = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
series = {{ICMIT 2014 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology}},
title = {{Organizational ambidexterity in construction projects}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMIT.2014.6942405}},
doi = {{10.1109/ICMIT.2014.6942405}},
year = {{2014}},
}