عنوان

Balancing Exploration and Exploitation by Creating Organizational Think Tanks

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Balancing Exploration and Exploitation by Creating Organizational Think Tanks

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by Tatjana-Xenia Puhan

Wiesbaden Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Th. Gabler / GWV Fachverlage GmbH

Wiesbaden

2008

v.: digital.

Gabler Edition Wissenschaft

Literaturverz. S. 121 - 141IMD-Felder maschinell generiert

Preliminary; Introduction; Problems and concepts of R&D alignment; Shifting think tanks from the macro-to a meso-level; Critical issues of the organizational think tank approach; Conclusion; Back matter.

Key for successful knowledge management is a balance between exploration and exploitation. Exploration means the generation of new knowledge in non-targeted search processes, while exploitation denotes the use of existing knowledge in targeted exploitation processes. The relationship between the two processes is one of fundamental tension; this poses a challenge to organisations which seek to make their knowledge management effective. There is a danger that exploration is neglected in favour of exploitation. This results in an organisation which lacks innovation capability. In order to preventTatjana-Xenia Puhan demonstrates that ambidexterity need not necessarily be implemented in one single organization but can also be realised in a network of associated organizations. She develops the concept of think tanks as organizations which concentrate on radical innovations while their network associates exploit this newly generated knowledge commercially.

Economics.

Industrial management.

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by Tatjana-Xenia Puhan

Tatjana-Xenia Puhan

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