%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2014 %T Ambidextrous Strategies and Innovation Priorities: Adequately Priming the Pump for Continual Innovation %A Nehemiah Scott %K ambidexterity %K exploitation %K exploration %K innovation %K strategy %X The dynamic and unpredictable nature of the market has caused many organizations within rapidly changing industries to fail. These failures are, in part, due to a lack of continual and balanced innovation that firms should aim to achieve. That is, although firms may succeed at either refining existing competencies for incremental innovations or exploring new opportunities for radical innovations, many firms have experienced great difficulty in simultaneously pursuing and realizing success in both areas. This innovation imbalance arises when firms stick to traditional strategic notions of competition in fast-moving industries; these firms have not realized that the ability to compete in current and new markets begins with the strategies and priorities that are responsible for the very nature of innovation capabilities. The purpose of this study is to offer a reconceptualization of notions related to organizational strategy that are responsible for driving innovation capabilities. Specifically, this study develops a continual innovation framework that illustrates the impact ambidextrous strategies and priorities have on the firm’s ambidextrous innovation capability. It offers a modified concept of ambidexterity (i.e., exploration, exploitation, coordination) to reconceptualize business, marketing, and information systems strategies as ambidextrous strategy constructs. The article also discusses the relationships between constructs and the implications of this reconceptualization for researchers and managers. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 4 %P 44-51 %8 07/2014 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/812 %N 7 %1 University of Toledo Nehemiah Scott is a PhD student in the Manufacturing & Technology Management program in the College of Business and Innovation at the University of Toledo, USA. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Engineering Technology and an MBA specializing in Information Systems from the University of Toledo. He also has corporate experience in the field of information systems working as a database programmer, and he has research and consulting experience in the area of process improvement. Nehemiah’s main research interests include innovation and technology management, and supply chain management. His past research focused on innovation in bottom-of-pyramid societies and the supply chain. His current research focuses on ambidexterity for firm innovation and adaptation. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/812