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    Entrepreneur's ambidexterity, knowledge brokerage and firm performance: Preliminary findings

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    Authors
    Hashim, N.
    Yap, CS Yap
    Ahmad, R.
    Jalaludin, F.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Hashim, N. and Yap, C.Y. and Ahmad, R. and Jalaludin, F. 2017. Entrepreneur's ambidexterity, knowledge brokerage and firm performance: Preliminary findings, 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS “Social Transformation through Data Science” ICRIIS 2017.
    Source Title
    International Conference on Research and Innovation in Information Systems, ICRIIS
    Source Conference
    5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS “Social Transformation through Data Science” ICRIIS 2017
    DOI
    10.1109/ICRIIS.2017.8002534
    ISBN
    9781509030354
    School
    CBS International
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71599
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2017 IEEE. An entrepreneur's ambidexterity or ability to simultaneously and synergistically pursue both exploitation and exploration activities has been found as having positive effects on business performance. However, little is known about the antecedents and consequences of ambidexterity in entrepreneurs. This study focuses on the role of social network and environmental dynamism in affecting entrepreneur's ambidexterity. Then, to examine the importance of an ambidextrous entrepreneur, the study hypothesizes its relationship with firm performance. Data were collected from 65 entrepreneurs in the technology sector using a questionnaire survey. Conference, trade fair and exhibition, and customer are the main sources of opportunity recognition perceived by the technology entrepreneurs. The findings reveal that environmental dynamism and social network are significantly related to entrepreneur's ambidexterity, which lead to enhanced firm performance. On the other hand, knowledge brokerage activities are found to have a significant mediating effect on the relationship between ambidexterity and firm performance.

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