近十年來，如何透過平衡的學習策略以獲取知識日益受到關注。在過去的研究之中，許多學者開始去討論、驗證組織學習以及組織績效之間的關係。他們提到如果組織過分著重於單一種組織學習行為上的話，可能會導致企業活動落入一些陷阱之中。所以也有學者提出，學習策略中的探勘、探索(exploration)與利用(exploitation)這兩種活動應該同時的被重視且實行，而延伸出所謂雙元創新(ambidexterity)的學習行為。另一方面，組織除了要考量內部的學習策略，在外部也面臨環境不斷的持續變化。為了因應環境的變遷影響，企業與產業亦需要發展能因應相對應環境變化的學習行為。
本研究則試圖瞭解組織學習中，探索、利用與雙元創新分別對財務績效之間的影響，並加入環境干擾變數來探討不同任務環境對於組織學習與財務績效之關係是否存在干擾效果。其中環境干擾因子有三，主要是根據Dess and Beard (1984) 所歸納出來的優渥(munificence)、複雜(complexity)、動態(dynamism)的三種環境屬性。而研究結果顯示，探索與利用這兩種學習行為與財務績效之間存在倒U型的關係，表示過與不及都不是最佳的效果。雙元創新的學習行為與績效之間則是存在正向的影響關係。最後，由環境因子干擾的模式之中，則可以歸納出三種不同的學習策略。

Acquiring resources and knowledge via balanced organizational learning strategies is a critical issue in the past decades. Previous research has examined the effect of organizational learning on organizational performance. They argue the overemphasis on one side of learning behavior will lead the firms to fall into some traps. They suggest firms to pursue for exploration and exploitation simultaneously, namely, ambidexterity. In addition, organizations are facing numerous the interior and exterior challenges. They have to make decisions and develop strategies to adapt the rapid surrounding changes.
In this research, we argue that there is a trade-off between exploration and exploitation with respect to their influences on financial performance. In addition, this study applies multiple regression models to examine the moderating impacts of three task environments on the relationship between organizational learning and performance in terms of munificence, complexity, and dynamism drawing from Dess and Beard (1984). We find there is an inverted “U” shaped curvilinear relationship between organizational learning and financial performance. The ambidexterity of learning has a significantly positive relationship with performance. And the moderating effects of environments are also confirmed.

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