The impact of integration between Knowledge Management and Economic Intelligence on achieving Organizational Ambidexterity Cas study: Adwan chemical industries in Algeria

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate that the organization ability to achieve a balancing strategy between exploitation and exploration  (ambidexterity) depends on the association between two approaches: Economic Intelligence (EI) and Knowledge Management (KM), that  helps to have a deep understanding of changes while ensuring the improvement of competitiveness. The  empirical research consists of a  case study where altogether 35 survey questionnaires were conducted. Additional data includes case-specific company documents and  open interviews. The results showed that integration between KM and EI ensures the ambidexterity by allowing the organization to  develop dynamic absorption capacities, to have strategic flexibility, as well as to improve the current and future organizational  performance. By realizing integration between KM and EI, the organization can achieve the organizational ambidexterity.