Emerging strategy recognition in agile portfolios

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg

doi:10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.01.002

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“…Emergent initiatives initiated through bootlegging could be complementary to deliberate top‐down strategy processes to enhance organizational innovation and renewal (Grant, 2003). Following a similar line of argument, portfolio management literature reports that emergent strategy recognition results in higher portfolio success, i.e., balanced, efficient, and commercially successful portfolios (Kaufmann et al, 2020; Kopmann et al, 2017). Our research provides complementary evidence, suggesting that organizations can benefit from bootlegging, which provides the input for emergent strategies striving for higher innovativeness.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…It is also an organizational behavior providing the input for emergent strategy recognition necessary to adapt the innovation project portfolio to new opportunities recognized offside strategic planning activities (Kopmann et al, 2017). Such autonomous, emergent initiatives are highly relevant for strategy making (Burgelman, 1983) and past research has shown that the ability to integrate them is associated with higher innovation portfolio success (Kaufmann et al, 2020). As bootlegging activities are decoupled from the formal innovation process, they are more likely to lack alignment with the organizational program activities and to explore new directions (Criscuolo et al, 2014; Kanter, 2000).…”

Section: Theoretical Framework and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Organizational antecedents to bootlegging and consequences for the newness of the innovation portfolio

Globocnik

Häufler

Salomo

2022

J of Product Innov Manag

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Literature on strategy, innovation, and portfolio management has recently shown increased interest in the concept of planned emergence. This builds on an understanding that organizations' innovation is triggered both by deliberate top-down management approaches as well as emergent bottom-up processes.However, little is known on how to effectively plan emergence. In this context, bootlegging has been mentioned as a potential approach, describing instances in which employees choose to innovate without the knowledge and permission of top managers. Whereas past research has focused on the individual employee, we shift the perspective to the overall tendency of bootlegging in organizations. We investigate which organizational conditions facilitate the propensity of bootlegging becoming a widespread practice in an organization, and how this tendency is associated with the organization's innovativeness.Drawing on the theory of creative deviance, we argue that organizations deploying management practices fostering emergent and induced innovation initiatives increase structural strain and thereby bootlegging tendency in such organizations. As more innovation initiatives are elaborated outside the formal

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Theoretical Framework and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Organizational antecedents to bootlegging and consequences for the newness of the innovation portfolio

Globocnik

Häufler

Salomo

2022

J of Product Innov Manag

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“…As can be seen, many researchers in the area of strategic management have stressed the importance of values and attitudes in the strategy formulation process (Glueck, 1980;Tumidei et al 2020). Strategic posture is defined as the general competitive orientation of a firm (Covin and Slevin, 1989;Kaufmann et al, 2020). Strategic posture refers to the combination of competitive options that the organization uses in their industry (Dess and Davis, 1984;Bunger et al, 2021).…”

Section: Strategic Posturementioning

confidence: 99%

Investigation of the Mediating Effect of Strategic Posture on the Relationship between Environmental Conditions and Firm Performance on the Logistics Sector

ÖZMUTLU¹,

Mutlu²

2022

ibr

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The effects of environmental conditions on firm performance are investigated in this study. Within the scope of the research, the relationships between the strategic posture and the performance of logistics companies in varying environmental conditions were examined. During this study, the interaction between variables was also investigated by predicting the presence of the mediating effect of strategic posture. In this context, a research model and related research hypotheses were developed. The created research model was comprised of the three-dimension of environmental conditions developed by Dess and Beard (1984), six dimensions of strategic stance developed by Venkatraman (1989), and firm performance variables. A survey related to the research was conducted with 264 people working in managerial positions in 218 logistics companies operating within the scope of the research to test the hypotheses in the research model. The analysis of the obtained data was performed by the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method utilizing the SPSS and AMOS software program. According to the analysis results, it was determined that the strategic posture variable has a full mediating effect between environmental conditions and firm performance. As a result, by enabling logistics companies to realize their strategic posture features, information was provided to guide them on how to improve their performance in changing environmental conditions.

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“…The challenging environment has been leading to a new understanding of project management. Agile practices become increasingly popular offering firms a higher flexibility (Kaufmann, et al, 2020). The fundamental assumptions of the traditional development implies that systems are predictable and built through the extensive plans.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agile Project Management as an Answer to Changing Environment

Balaban¹,

Đurašković²

2021

European Project Management Journal

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The high level of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity in business environments lead to the fact that traditional management has been in serious trouble. The required flexibility should provide the agile project management causing a silent revolution of the way projects are organized and executed. Although initially rooted in the software development industry, we can say that agile methodologies are spreading across a broad range of industries. The benefits of applying an agile approach are widely recognized, but there are still various challenges and problems that the organization faces with when adopting an agile practice.

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Emerging strategy recognition in agile portfolios

Cited by 43 publications

References 84 publications

Organizational antecedents to bootlegging and consequences for the newness of the innovation portfolio

Organizational antecedents to bootlegging and consequences for the newness of the innovation portfolio

Investigation of the Mediating Effect of Strategic Posture on the Relationship between Environmental Conditions and Firm Performance on the Logistics Sector

Agile Project Management as an Answer to Changing Environment

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