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Huang, Jimmy C., Newell, Susan, Huang, Jingsong and Pan, Shan-Ling (2014) Site-shifting as the source of ambidexterity : empirical insights from the field of ticketing. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 23 (1). pp. 29-44. doi:10.1016/j.jsis.2014.01.001 ISSN 0963-8687.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2014.01.001
Abstract
Ambidexterity, defined as the capability to simultaneously explore knowledge to identify new market opportunities and exploit knowledge to capitalise on a firm’s existing niches, is considered to be crucial in today’s competitive marketplace. However, there is relatively limited research on how such a capability can be developed, and even less on the role of IT-enabled practices in promoting this. Drawing on the strategy-as-practice perspective, we investigate how interrelationships amongst practitioners, IT-enabled practices and praxis create a particular site of practice. More importantly, we consider how a site gets shifted over time through the emergence of changes in the interrelationships between IT-enabled practices and practitioners, stimulated by on-going praxis. Building on the findings derived from a case study of DaM,1 the leading ticketing company in China, we explain how the phenomenon of site-shifting can provide a useful conceptual lens for explaining ambidexterity. In doing this, we bring to the fore the importance of IT in achieving an ambidexterity capability.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Innovation, Knowledge & Organisational Networks Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Strategic Information Systems | ||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
ISSN: | 0963-8687 | ||||||
Official Date: | March 2014 | ||||||
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Volume: | 23 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 29-44 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jsis.2014.01.001 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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