柔性机制与二元创新驱动力构建

制造业转型升级需要突破式和渐进式二元创新驱动力。通过对江铃汽车的连续突破创新、双核带动创新和柔性带动创新三个不同时期的创新驱动展开组合方法调查,对比发现纯靠领导机制难以稳固创新根基,结构分隔机制又会产生较大的协调成本和核心刚性,而基于二元文化、领导调节组合以及员工二元心智这些跨层面因子的柔性机制则可带来更持续的二元创新动力。本文通过案例解释了二元性前因的交互关系,也拓展了二元文化及心智的理论边界,研究结论对中国制造业创新升级具有实践指导意义。

Flexible Mechanism and the Construction of Ambidextrous Innovation Dynamics—a Case Study of an Automotive Manufacturer under Transformation & Upgrade

The transformation and upgrade of manufacturers require sustained radical and incremental innovation dynamics. A case study is done by analyzing JMC’s continuous breakthrough period, structural mechanism period and flexible mechanism period through multiple methods, in which we find out by comparison that leadership mechanism has difficulty in generating core innovative competencies, and structural isolation mechanism may lead to large coordination costs and unit rigidity, while the cross-level flexible mechanism, e.g. including ambidextrous culture, contingent leadership and ambidextrous employee mental models, can be transformed into sustained ambidextrous innovation dynamics. This article has explored the interactive relations among the antecedents of ambidexterity through case analysis. It also has expanded the boundary of ambidextrous culture and mental model theories. The conclusion offers guidance to better innovation and upgrade of Chinese manufacturers.