Compari ng the con figured causal antecedents of exploration and exploitation: a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis  

作　　者：Lulu Liu Fengbin Wang Xiukun Li Lulu Liu;Fengbin Wang;Xiukun Li(Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

机构地区：[1]Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China [2]School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Business Research in China》2019年第1期53-77,共25页中国高等学校学术文摘·工商管理研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Although exploration and exploitation, as a pair of paradoxical organizational outcomes, are generated by different causal conditions, the conjunction of their respective causal antecedents has yet to be fully examined. Combining environmental uncertainty, unit interdependence, entrepreneurial bricolage and firm life cycle stage in a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), the distinct causal configurations of exploration and exploitation are formalized and compared based on a survey of founders or high-level managers in 63 small firms. Results show that contrasted relationships between entrepreneurial bricolage and unit interdependenee exist in that the two antecedents are partial substitutes in exploration whereas they are complements in exploitation when combined with other conditions. This study provides empirical evidence on the causal configurations of exploration and exploitation and deepens our current understanding of ambidexterity.

关 键 词：Exploration Exploitation AMBIDEXTERITY Configuration Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) Environmental uncertainty ENTREPRENEURIAL BRICOLAGE Unit interdepe ndence 

分 类 号：F[经济管理]