...Nami Kim; Eonsoo Kim Purpose – Drawing upon the resource dependence theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine how the board capital diversity influences the explorative innovation of firms, attempting to resolve the inconsistent empirical findings of the effect of outside directors...

... at: y.chang@mail.ntust.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Explorative innovation Exploitative innovations Innovation ambidexterity Internal structure Environment Small to medium‐sized enterprises Innovation Contemporary studies into innovation management hold that successful...