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Organisational ambidexterity in practice: a study of managerial work in manufacturing SMEs

Licentiate Thesis

Kristina Sollander

Jönköping UniversitySchool of EngineeringDissertation Series No. 051 • 2020

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Licentiate Thesis in Production Systems

Organisational ambidexterity in practice: a study of managerial work in manufacturing SMEsDissertation Series No. 051

© 2020 Kristina Sollander

Published bySchool of Engineering, Jönköping UniversityP.O. Box 1026SE-551 11 JönköpingTel. +46 36 10 10 00www.ju.se

Printed by BrandFactory AB 2019

ISBN 978-91-87289-54-5

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