Firm performance in turbulent business environments strongly depends on the adaptive (re)generation of the firm's business model. However, studies on the enablers of business model innovation are sparse. This study le- verages the literature on dynamic capabilities, on organizational ambidexterity/vacillation, and Lewis's view of organizational paradoxes to build an integrated model of organizational dynamism that includes seven dimen- sions: three pairs of paradoxical constructs (cooperation–competition, exploration–exploitation, and conformi- ty–agency) and dynamic capabilities. The study posits that these seven dimensions of organizational dynamism describe the key enablers of adaptive business model innovation (ABMI). The results of applying a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to 35 selected cases confirm that the paradoxical dimensions of organizational dynamism, although logically opposed, strongly intertwine in enabling the adaptive (re)gener- ation of a firm's businessmodel. Further, this article highlights fsQCA's suitability to testmodels that include paradoxical constructs.

Organizational dynamism and adaptive business model innovation: The triple paradox configuration

RICCIARDI, Francesca;ZARDINI, Alessandro;ROSSIGNOLI, Cecilia
2016-01-01

Abstract

Firm performance in turbulent business environments strongly depends on the adaptive (re)generation of the firm's business model. However, studies on the enablers of business model innovation are sparse. This study le- verages the literature on dynamic capabilities, on organizational ambidexterity/vacillation, and Lewis's view of organizational paradoxes to build an integrated model of organizational dynamism that includes seven dimen- sions: three pairs of paradoxical constructs (cooperation–competition, exploration–exploitation, and conformi- ty–agency) and dynamic capabilities. The study posits that these seven dimensions of organizational dynamism describe the key enablers of adaptive business model innovation (ABMI). The results of applying a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to 35 selected cases confirm that the paradoxical dimensions of organizational dynamism, although logically opposed, strongly intertwine in enabling the adaptive (re)gener- ation of a firm's businessmodel. Further, this article highlights fsQCA's suitability to testmodels that include paradoxical constructs.
2016
Adaptive organizational learning
Ambidexterity
Coopetition
Dual tuning
Embedded agency
Organizational vacillation
Paradoxical management
adaptive organizational learning
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