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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no11.737

Ambidextrous Innovation in Mediating Entrepreneurial Creativity on Firm Performance and Competitive Advantage  

SIJABAT, Eduard Alfian Syamsya (Business Administration Doctoral Program, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
NIMRAN, Umar (Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
UTAMI, Hamidah Nayati (Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
PRASETYA, Arik (Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Brawijaya University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.11, 2020 , pp. 737-746 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new business venture faces intense competition in a dynamic environment. To survive, new business ventures and established companies both need to generate creativity and significant new ventures to be highly competitive and have high levels of performance. In this study, we examined new business ventures that determined their competitiveness and performance generated from entrepreneurial creativity and mediated by ambidextrous innovation. This research used survey data collected from 143 Indonesian's new business shipping agencies, which was collected using an online survey and analyzed through structural equation modeling. The results showed that entrepreneurial creativity in new business ventures is positively associated with competitive advantage but not significant to create a competitive advantage. In contrast, entrepreneurial creativity is positively associated with firm performance. This result indicates that efforts to generate entrepreneurial creativity are not sufficient to create a competitive advantage despite having a significant influence on firm performance. However, entrepreneurial creativity is significantly and positively associated with firm performance and competitive advantage when mediated by ambidextrous innovation. The findings of this study suggest that the competitive advantage of a new business venture in facing intense competition in a dynamic environment condition can be overcome by generating strategic action in the form of entrepreneurial creativity and ambidextrous innovation.
Keywords
New Business Venture; Entrepreneurial Creativity; Ambidextrous Innovation; Competitive Advantage;
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