Exploration and Exploitation in Early Stage Ventures and SMEs

by Barak S. Aharonson (Editor), Uriel Stettner (Editor), Terry L. Amburgey (Editor)

Overview

This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding the implications of Exploration and Exploitation activities in early-stage ventures and small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783506552
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	06/18/2014
Series:	Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy , #14
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors ix

Part I Individual Level Perspectives on Exploration Versus Exploitation

Chapter 1 The Interplay Between Exploration and Exploitation in SMEs Uriel Stettner Barak S. Aharonson Terry L. Amburgey 3

Chapter 2 Self-Regulation and Entrepreneurial Ambidexterity Peter T. Bryant 15

Chapter 3 The Range of Shocks Prompting Entrepreneurial Employee Turnover Through the Lenses of Exploration and Exploitation Framework Katerina Voutsina Gaëtan Mourmant Fred Niederman 39

Part II Exploration and Exploitation in Early-Stage Ventures and SME

Chapter 4 The Balance Between Exploration and Exploitation in the "NEW" Venture Capital Cycle: Opportunities and Challenges Janke Dittmer Joseph A. McCahery Erik P. M. Vermeulen 69

Chapter 5 Losing Balance: Trade-Offs Between Exploration and Exploitation Innovation Craig Randall Linda F. Edelman Robert Galliers 97

Chapter 6 Ambidexterity and Organizational Survival: Evidence from Korean SMEs Guktae Kim Moon-Goo Huh 123

Chapter 7 Exploration and Exploitation from Start-Up To Sale: A Longitudinal Analysis Through Strategy and MCS Practices M. Laura Frigotto Graziano Coller Paolo Collini 149

Chapter 8 A Height-Distance View on Exploration and Exploitation Anna Sabidussi 181

Chapter 9 Innovation in the Australian Spatial Information Industry Sukanlaya Sawang Roxanne Zolin Judy Matthews Meriam Bezemer 211

Chapter 10 Sustaining Competitiveness in the Economic Recession: Exploration and Exploitation in Two Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Developing Economy Peiran Su Shengce Ren 237

Chapter 11 Resource Acquisition in High-Tech Start-Up Global Strategies Noriko Taji 263

Chapter 12 Exploration, Exploitation, Ambidexterity, and Firm Performance: A Meta-Analysis Blake D. Mathias 289

Chapter 13 Juggling Exploratory and Exploitative Learning with Dynamic Networks in the Early Days of Small Companies Jordi Comas 319

About the Editors 359

About the Authors 361