Herold, David M.Pratavierac, Lorenzo BrunoDesouza, Kevin C.2024-06-052024-06-052024-05-19Herold DM, Prataviera LB, Desouza KC. (2024) Identifying the exaptation potential of supply chain resilience capabilities during COVID-19: insights from Australia. Production & Manufacturing Research, Volume 12, Issue 1, Article number 2356765.2169-3277https://doi.org/10.1080/21693277.2024.2356765https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/21955What happens to newly built resilience capabilities when the pandemic is over? Using the concept of exaptation, we investigate how supply chain organizations have repurposed supply chain resilience capabilities post-pandemic. In particular, we examine the degree of ambidexterity capabilities to identify the exaptation potential from the newly acquired supply chain resilience capabilities during a disruptive event. In this paper, we (1) adopt a framework that depicts four types of different exaptation potential for supply resilience based on the management constructs of exploitation and exploration capabilities and (2) use the results from a related survey among 447 supply chain managers in Australia to subsequently analyse the exaptation potentials post COVID-19. The integration of the exaptation potential into supply chain literature opens a new chapter on how resilience capabilities are utilized, and we found that the majority of supply chains are able to simultaneously pursue and develop exploitative and exploratory capabilities.en-UKAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/exaptationsupply chain resilienceambidextrouscapabilitiesArticle