L. Jurkšienė “Organizational ambidexterity and firm performance: the role of interorganizational collaboration” doctoral thesis defence

Author, Institution: Lolita Jurkšienė, Kaunas University of Technology,

Science area, field of science: Social Sciences, Management – 03S

Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Asta Pundzienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Social sciences, Management, 03S).

Dissertation Defence Board of Management Science Field:
Prof. Dr. Asta Savanevičienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Social sciences, Management, 03S) –  chairperson,
Prof. Dr. Justina Gineikienė (ISM vadybos ir ekonomikos universitetas, Social sciences, Econimics – 04S),
Prof. Dr. Diego Prior Jimenez (Barselona Autonomous University, Social sciences, management – 03S),
Prof. Dr. Habil. Robertas Jucevičius (Kaunas University of Technology, Social sciences, Management, 03S),
Prof. Dr. Monika Petraitė (Kaunas University of Technology, Social sciences, Management, 03S).

The doctoral dissertation is available at the library of Kaunas University of Technology (K. Donelaičio str. 20, Kaunas).

Annotation:

Complex and dynamic environment requires firms to adapt a range of changes to meet altering customers’ demands and still remain competitive and constantly increase firm performance. This dissertation builds on theoretical approach of organizational ambidexterity, which means organization’s ability to manage dual and usually competing activities simultaneously, and argues that today organizational ambidexterity becomes crucial in the context of today’s change-driven markets. This study responds existing scientific recommendations to accept inter-organizational collaboration as one of the possible stimulators for organizational ambidexterity.
The dissertation contributes by providing theoretical and empirical evidence for the positive relationship between organizational ambidexterity and inter-organizational collaboration, thus leading to better performance results. Inter-organizational collaboration with research institutions and inter-organizational collaboration in international and professional networks are explored separately, presuming that different forms of inter-organizational collaboration can lead to different outcomes for research objects. The proposed multidimensional conceptual model is based on several conceptual components and subcomponents. This helped to build new theoretical and practical approaches within the field. The model itself can be used as effective practical tool for firms for developing organizational ambidexterity as well.