Examining desorptive capacity in supply chains: the role of organizational ambidexterity
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Desorptive capacity. Balanced ambidexterity Combined ambidexterity Supply chain competence Supply network
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2018Resumen
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how a buying organization’s desorptive capacity relative
to its supply network enhances the organization’s supply chain competence. The research also analyzes the
contingent role of the balanced and combined dimensions of ambidexterity in this relationship.
Design/methodology/approach – Empirical results are obtained through analysis of survey data from a
sample of 270 European firms. Hierarchical regression analysis is used to test the hypotheses.
Findings – The results confirm, first, the positive and significant relationship between the buying
organization’s desorptive capacity and supply chain competence; and, second, the key moderating role of
organizational ambidexterity, especially in its combined dimension, in this relationship.
Practical implications – The study suggests that desorptive capacity is key to the organization’s
contribution to supply chain competitiveness. The authors also provide practitioners with better
understanding of the extent to which they should attempt to balance exploration and exploitation or/and to
maximize both simultaneously when seeking greater benefit from desorptive capacity.
Originality/value – This study extends desorptive capacity research to supply chain management.
It responds to calls in the desorptive capacity literature for deeper understanding of the benefits of desorptive
capacity and of the role organizational ambidexterity plays in the success of desorptive capacity.
By analyzing the independent effects of the combined and balanced dimensions of ambidexterity, the authors
advance conceptual and operational understanding of the role of ambidexterity needed in the literature