Co-evolution of network integration beyond boundaries and ambidextrous capabilities: a longitudinal case study from 1989 to 2011

Network integrating beyond boundaries is a critical path of capability upgrading in the context of globalization.The co-evolution theory which emerged gradually in recent years has been agroundbreaking research and tools for the analysis of network integrating and capability upgrading.Through a longitudinal case study of the development of a large clustered firm in Zhejiang province,the paper explores that:(1) The upgrading of innovation capabilities is the interactive dynamic evolution of incremental innovation capability and radical innovation capability.(2) The dynamic transformation of ambidextrous capabilities feedbacks to the network morphologica is the breakthrough of network boundaries,and the synergistic integration of the internal and external networks of multi-dimensional boundaries.(3)Network integration beyond boundaries requires ambidextrous capabilities upgrading to adapt to the changes of network structure and relationship.