Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide evidence on the impact of network flexibility and its ambidextrous influence on a firm’s exploratory and exploitative partnership selection. We develop our hypotheses based on the literature of network flexibility and draw on a sample of publicly listed firms in Taiwan semiconductor and optoelectronics industries. Data are collected from survey questionnaires and archival sources and examine our hypotheses by using the generalized linear model (GLM) approach. Our empirical findings show that configuration flexibility has a greater influence on exploratory partnerships, while manufacturing flexibility has a greater impact on exploitative partnerships. In addition, when firms are ambidextrous (i.e., have both types of flexibility), they are able to simultaneously obtain both exploratory and exploitative partnerships.
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