Business

Organizational slack, ambidextrous search and high-tech SMEs' performance: do strategic orientations matter?

Q. Bo, M. Cao, et al.

This study by Qingwen Bo, Mengxiao Cao, Yan Wang, Yuhuan Xia, and Wei Liu explores how organizational slack influences ambidextrous search strategies in high-tech SMEs, shaping their performance dynamics. The findings reveal a nuanced relationship between technology and market knowledge search, moderated by strategic focus on growth or profit.

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Abstract

This study examines the effect of organizational slack on ambidextrous search (technology and market knowledge search) and its impact on high-tech SMEs' performance. It also investigates the moderating roles of growth-oriented and profit-oriented strategies. Using panel data of 547 high-tech SMEs, the study finds that organizational slack promotes both technology and market search. While ambidextrous search enhances performance, the interaction between technology and market search is negatively related to performance. Growth-oriented strategies positively moderate the link between slack and ambidextrous search, while profit-oriented strategies only reinforce the relationship between slack and technology search.

Publisher

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Published On

Aug 20, 2024

Authors

Qingwen Bo, Mengxiao Cao, Yan Wang, Yuhuan Xia, Wei Liu

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