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The effects of organizational learning capacity and innovativeness on financial performance: An empirical study

Organizational learning capacity and innovativeness concepts are accepted as the factors that provide competitive advantages in metalworking industry. In this study, a model has been constructed which shows that organizational learning capacity has an effect on innovativeness and financial performance; and in accordance, the innovativeness has an effect on the financial performance. In consequence, we have reached that organizational learning affects innovativeness and financial performance and hence innovativeness affects the financial performance.

Antecedents and consequences of organizational ambidexterity: the moderating role of networking

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a holistic model regarding the antecedents and consequences of organizational ambidexterity in the context of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly for developing countries such as Turkey. Moreover, this paper also aims to reveal the moderating role of networking between organizational ambidexterity and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach By studying 105 SMEs engaged in small business and technology development centers (SBTDCs), structural equation modeling through SmartPLS is executed. Findings The findings show that: discipline and support positively influence the formation and the maintenance of organizational ambidexterity; organizational ambidexterity significantly contributes to firm performance; and the greater the networking the greater the relationship between exploitation capability and firm performance. Originality/value To date, there has been no systematic attempt in the extant literature to develop a holistic manner of organizational ambidexterity, with its antecedents and consequences in the context of SMEs in general, in SMEs of a developing country, Turkey in particular. Moreover, the moderating role of networking between organizational ambidexterity and a firm’s performance has never been examined.