Managerial attention to exploitation versus exploration: toward a dynamic perspective on ambidexterity
研究了信息技术行业86家企业在经济衰退和复苏期间，管理者如何调整对探索和利用的关注分配以应对需求变化，发现衰退期需更多关注探索，复苏期则需更多关注利用。
Managerial attention to exploitation and exploration has a strong influence on organizational performance. However, there is hardly any knowledge about whether senior managers need to adjust their distribution of attention to exploitation and exploration in response to major changes in demand patterns in their industry. Drawing on the analysis of a panel data set of 86 firms in the information technology industry exposed to an economic recession and recovery, we find that successfully navigating an economic downturn demands more managerial attention to exploration, while leveraging the subsequent upswing requires more attention to exploitation. As such, this study contributes to the literature by providing a dynamic perspective on ambidexterity: that is, senior managers need to redistribute their attention to exploration and exploitation to effectively meet the changing environmental demands over time.