Ambidestria organizacional em subsidiárias de setores intensivos em conhecimento

Autores

  • Patrocinio del Carmen Zaragoza-Sáez Profesora Titular, Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-1225
  • Enrique Claver-Cortés Catedrático, Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España.
  • Bartolomé Marco-Lajara Catedrático, Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-9118
  • Mercedes Úbeda-García Catedrática, Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4044-2455

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2020.157.3906

Palavras-chave:

ambidestria, analise do conhecimento, exploração do conhecimento, subsidiárias, setores intensivos em conhecimento

Resumo

Na sociedade do conhecimento, as multinacionais e, mais especificamente, suas subsidiárias adquirem grande destaque como fonte de competitividade para a multinacional como um todo. Nessa perspectiva, este artigo tem um duplo objetivo: oferecer uma definição de subsidiária ambidestra; e explorar se as subsidiarias são ambidestras. Para tanto, foi utilizada uma metodologia quantitativa em uma amostra de 102 subsidiárias espanholas de multinacionais estrangeiras de setores intensivos em conhecimento. Os resultados mostram que as subsidiárias analisadas são altamente exploradoras de conhecimento. No entanto, apesar da consistência que existe entre os papéis desempenhados e suas estratégias competitivas internacionais, nem todas as subsidiárias se revelaram ambidestras. Apenas aquelas com papéis de jogador integrado e estratégias "transnacionais"podem considerar-se como tais.

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2020-11-17

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Ambidestria organizacional em subsidiárias de setores intensivos em conhecimento. (2020). Estudios Gerenciales, 36(157), 473-483. https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2020.157.3906