Ambidexterity-resilience nexus and innovation: a focus on SMEs in a developing world setting

Simba, A; Tajeddin, M; Rambe, P; Baah, FA

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Ambidexterity-resilience nexus and innovation: a focus on SMEs in a developing world setting

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Simba, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0276-8211, Tajeddin, M, Rambe, P and Baah, FA, 2025. Ambidexterity-resilience nexus and innovation: a focus on SMEs in a developing world setting. Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, 10 (6): 100856. ISSN 2530-7614

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2025.100856

Abstract

Research links ambidexterity and innovation. However, the impact of the relationship between ambidextrous innovation and resilience relative to ambidexterity outcomes in the developing world remains atheoretical. Accordingly, this study introduces an ambidextrous innovation-resilience-ambidexterity interface to investigate 300 developing world SMEs. From this phenomenon-theory interface, equation, and regression modelling, we deduce theories to articulate the tenuous relationship between ambidextrous innovation strategies (IT [infor-mation technology] and learning capabilities) and resilience relative to ambidexterity outcomes for these SMEs. Juxtaposed against the ambidexterity-resilience link found in mainstream research, we show how the interplay of these ambidextrous innovation strategies with resilience weakens ambidexterity outcomes in a developing world setting, where essential entrepreneurship resources are too limited to meet SMEs' needs. This study is original because it suggests that ambidextrous behavior may not always yield positive outcomes in a developing world setting, which has implications for research, policymaking, and SME practice.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Innovation and Knowledge
Creators:	Simba, A., Tajeddin, M., Rambe, P. and Baah, F.A.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	2025
Volume:	10
Number:	6
ISSN:	2530-7614
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100856 DOI 2514925 Other
Rights:	© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	15 Oct 2025 12:23
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2025 12:23
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/54582