TY - BOOK AU - Kathrin Kalcheva PY - 2015 CY - Hamburg, Germany PB - Anchor Academic Publishing SN - 9783954894031 TI - The Ambidextrous Organisation UR - https://m.anchor-publishing.com/document/309271 N2 - Firms struggle with innovating while at the same time exploiting their previous innovations. This paper elaborates on the most important scientific findings regarding this organisational challenge and discusses the concept of the ambidextrous organisation. With the use of both current literature and older state-of-the-art knowledge, a comprehensive summary of the topic is provided. The literature mentioned in this paper is integrated into a framework, providing an overview over the three forms of ambidexterity, their antecedents, moderators and environmental factors as well as the main outcomes of ambidexterity. After the conceptual chapters, the knowledge is applied to SMEĀ“s. KW - innovation, organisation, management, explore and exploit, Contextual ambidexterity, Leadership ambidexterity, Small and medium-sized enterprises LA - English ER -