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| The Impact of Strategic Learning Ability on Competitive Advantage:Mediation of Ambidextrous Innovation and Moderation of Environmental Dynamics |
| Wang Kan,Tang Saijun |
| (School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China) |
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Abstract Strategic learning and ambidexterity innovation have become important ways for enterprises to gain competitive advantages, but the path of the process is still unclear.Based on 245 samples data of Chinese technology enterprises, this paper studied the impact of strategic learning ability on the competitive advantage, and analyzed the mediating role of ambidextrous innovation between strategic learning ability and competitive advantage, as well as the moderating role of environmental dynamics on the relationships between the variables.The empirical study results show that:the strategic learning ability has significant positive effect on ambidexterity innovation, as well as the ambidexterity innovation has significant positive influence on competitive advantage.The ambidexterity innovation plays a mediating role between strategic learning ability and competitive advantage.In addition, environmental dynamics significantly negatively moderate the relationship between strategic learning ability and exploitative innovation, but it has no significant moderating effect on the relationship between strategic learning ability and exploration innovation.The mediating effect of ambidexterity innovation between strategic learning ability and competitive advantage is moderated by the significant difference of environmental dynamics.The research findings expand the theoretical space of strategic learning ability, ambidexterity innovation and competitive advantage, as well as enrich the practical guidance to build and enhance competitive advantage of technological enterprises in the context of China's economic transition.
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Received: 19 October 2020
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