Ties portfolios, ambidextrous learning and competitive capabilities: An empirical study of cluster SME innovation mechanism

Ambidextrous learning firms can sustainably promote competitive capabilities and performance, while which raises challenges to manage the tensions between them. We argue that firms manage ambidextrous learning with social network by building ties portfolios so as to promote competitive capabilities and performance. We build an interactional theoretical model among ties portfolios, ambidextrous and competitive thereby and demonstrate it with empirical study at last. The result shows that ties portfolio and ambidextrous learning is the source of firm competitive capabilities and performance.