Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Research in Organizational Behavior 28 (2008) 185–206 Ambidexterity as a dynamic capability: Resolving the innovator’s dilemma Charles A. O’Reilly IIIa‚*‚ Michael L. Tushman b a Graduate School of Business‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ CA 94305‚ USA b Harvard Business School‚ Soldiers Field Road‚ Boston‚ MA 02163‚ USA Abstract How do organizations survive in the face of change? Underlying this question is a rich debate about whether organizations
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COMPETING THEORIES OF BUSINESS: PROFITABILITY AND OTHER MOTIVES INTRODUCTION Competition has always been part of human nature‚ therefore business as well‚ as a human creation. The tendency to be better and more successful has been transferred to business in idea of making profit and being successful. This enabled economy‚ as a whole‚ to evolve and provide civilization with higher quality and lower prices. In addition‚ it resulted in technological improvement. Competition led to creating competing
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Q1) Compare the strategy of FedEx and UPS‚ highlighting why one is scoring over the other. About China Courier Service Postal services were available in China more than 2‚500 years ago‚ modern postal services were offered in the country only since 1877. Known as the China Post‚ the postal services in China for a long time operated with obsolete equipment and few outlets. However‚ during the First World War‚ China Post was completely destroyed by the Japanese invasion. In 1946‚ the Ministry of Communication
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technology and physician employment. One of the very reasonable outcomes often seem to be integrated hospital network consolidation which can reduce the cost and increase the quality of the service (Brown et al. 2012).Although The Merger of Two Competing Hospitals case study involves indirectly
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Understand leadership styles within an organisation 1.1 Review the prevailing leadership styles in the organisation There are a range of leadership styles that can be adopted by organisations in order to try to achieve their goals. Each of these is often suited to certain situations and has drawbacks preventing any one style being the best style of leadership for all situations. Even within organisation different styles of leadership can be identified with this being more prominent in
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The disparity between American capabilities and influence abroad is significant in interpretation but not importance from two standpoints: international relationships and foreign perceptions of power. From a power standpoint‚ the disparity between American capabilities and influence abroad is not important because the U.S. has a hegemony in relative capabilities. Therefore‚ if the U.S. wanted to fully commit to any mission and/or experienced a life or death situation‚ the American military would
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Prevention/Protection Mission Area Core Capabilities On Monday‚ January 17‚ 1994 at 4.31 a.m. an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 struck a densely populated area of San Fernando Valley. In spite of Los Angeles County considered as one of the greatest prepared regions for earthquakes‚ Northridge was one of the worse disasters financially. They were around 14‚000 aftershocks reported in the magnitude of 4.0-5.0 range. Because of the earthquake people displaced from their homes are estimated
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Marks & Spencer Resources‚ Capabilities & Competitive Advantage Compiled for Paull Robathan. Author: Kerry Sheehan Monday‚ 02 February 2004 1EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the period up until the mid 1990’s M&S had a market leading share of the clothing market. They used their resources and subsequent capabilities to exploit their differences from the competitors and create competitive advantage by: *Empowering suppliers/manufacturers with design responsibility *Closely managing supplier relationships
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#ID Optical Smart Shop Ltd. Introduction: Our business is about the international brand name Canon. We are planning to bring this brand through an authorized reseller Ltd. It’s a camera brand company from Japan/Taiwan. There will be available every cameras of Canon. Digital cameras‚ professional cameras‚ lenses are to be brought in this reseller shop. Canon business is a leading provider of managed services and technology that enable organizations improve operational efficiency
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Making Use of Resources‚ Capabilities and Core Competences. Resources‚ capabilities and core competences Resources‚ capabilities and core competencies are the foundation of competitive advantage. Resources are bundled to create organizational capabilities. In turn‚ capabilities are the source of a firm’s core competencies‚ which are the basis of competitive advantages. Here‚ we define and provide examples of these building blocks of competitive advantage. 1. Resources Broad in scope‚ resources
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