To Explore or Exploit: A Test of Organizational Learning at the Corporate and Business Unit Level (2001)
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@MISC{James01toexplore,
author = {Constance R. James and Joseph Wayne Brockbank and Dave O. Ulrich},
title = {To Explore or Exploit: A Test of Organizational Learning at the Corporate and Business Unit Level },
year = {2001}
}
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Abstract
This research of 399 business segments in 120 Fortune 500 firms is one of few large scale studies of organizational learning and performance. Using behavioral theories of organizational learning and dynamic capabilities, we test for corporate and business level learning effects on performance. Controlling for contextual factors, such as industry, strategy, and structure, we find that business segment performance is explained by organizational learning at both the business segment and corporate levels. We also find that these two levels interact to explain segment performance. Our research suggests that combining behavioral theories of organizational learning with dynamic capabilities is useful, but additional theories are needed to tease out levels of analysis and their interactions.
