When people are equally skillful with their right and their left hand;
Organizational ambidexterity: The art of simultaneously orchestrating exploitation and exploration; the ability to improve the existing core business and design, build and explore the future business at the same time.
Duwe, 2021
Temporal sequence of exploration and exploitation
(e.g. one follows the other)
Contextual balancing of exploration and exploitation (e.g. simultaneous activities in one organizational unit)
Local or organizational separation of exploration and exploitation (e.g. different business units)
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Temporal sequence of exploration and exploitation
(e.g. one follows the other)
Local or organizational separation of exploration and exploitation (e.g. different business units)
Contextual balancing of exploration and exploitation (e.g. simultaneous activities in one organizational unit)
