Strategic agility in international business: A conceptual framework for “agile” multinationals

Shams, S. M. Riad; Vrontis, Demetris; Belyaeva, Zhanna; Ferraris, Alberto; Czinkota, Michael R.

doi:10.1016/j.intman.2020.100737

Cited by 149 publications

(146 citation statements)

References 85 publications

(91 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

137

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“… Aslam et al (2018) ; Eckstein et al (2015) ; Wamba et al (2020) ; Aslam et al (2020) ; Shukor et al (2020) ; Alzoubi & Yanamandra (2020) ; Suresh et al (2020) ; Aslam et al (2018) ; Shqairat & Sundarakani (2018) ; Tuan (2016) ; Liu et al (2015b) . I9 Supply chain ambidexterity SC ambidexterity refers to a manufacturer's efforts to refine/extend its existing resources and to develop new supply chain competencies and yield performance benefits, especially for large manufacturing firms Partanen et al (2020) ; Partanen et al (2020) ; Aslam et al (2020) ; Ojha et al (2018) ; Lee & Rha (2016) ; Princes (2020) ; Pu et al (2018) ; Burin et al (2020) ; Souza-Luz & (2019) ; Güemes-Castorena & Ruiz-Monroy (2020) ; Makhashen et al (2020) ; Shams et al (2020) ; Yalcin et al (2019) ; Goh & Eldridge (2019) ; Im et al (2019) ; Qamar et al (2019) . I10 Supply chain collaboration SC collaboration is a model in which members of the supply chain share risks and resources in order to improve the competitive advantage of the entire supply chain.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity: A data driven analysis

Bui

Tsai

Tseng

et al. 2021

Sustainable Production and Consumption

144

102

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Balancing sustainability and disruption of supply chains requires organizational ambidexterity. Sustainable supply chains prioritize efficiency and economies of scale and may not have sufficient redundancy to withstand disruptive events. There is a developing body of literature that attempts to reconcile these two aspects. This study gives a data-driven literature review of sustainable supply chain management trends toward ambidexterity and disruption. The critical review reveals temporal trends and geographic distribution of literature. A hybrid of data-driven analysis approach based on content and bibliometric analyses, fuzzy Delphi method, entropy weight method, and fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory is used on 273 keywords and 22 indicators obtained based on the experts’ evaluation. The most important indicators are identified as supply chain agility, supply chain coordination, supply chain finance, supply chain flexibility, supply chain resilience, and sustainability. The regions show different tendencies compared with others. Asia and Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa are the regions needs improvement, while Europe and North America show distinct apprehensions on supply chain network design. The main contribution of this review is the identification of the knowledge frontier, which then leads to a discussion of prospects for future studies and practical industry implementation.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity: A data driven analysis

Bui

Tsai

Tseng

et al. 2021

Sustainable Production and Consumption

144

102

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This concept directs attention to a firm’s ability to nimbly capture strategic opportunities ( Kotter, 2014 ) through the flexible adaptation and reconfiguration of business models ( Doz & Kosonen, 2010 ). Accordingly, strategic agility has been embraced by different functional areas of management—such as information technology, human resource management, supply chain and production ( Doz, 2020 ; Sambamurthy, Bharadwaj, & Grover, 2003 ; Shams, Vrontis, Belyaeva, Ferraris, & Czinkota, 2020 )—and has been applied in multiple contexts such as business model renewal ( Doz & Kosonen, 2010 ; Teece et al, 2016 ), digital transformation ( Warner & Wäger, 2019 ), the governance of international joint ventures ( Debellis, De Massis, Petruzzelli, Frattini, & Del Giudice, 2020 ), and acquisition processes ( Junni et al, 2015 ).…”

Section: Agile Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Strategic agility is considered an essential capability in the context of international business and MNEs, given the latter’s need to adapt to uncertain market and institutional conditions ( Fourné et al, 2014 ; Shams et al, 2020 ; Verbeke, 2020 ). In this vein, Fourné et al (2014) suggested that MNEs need strategic agility to sense local opportunities, identify global complementarities, and appropriate local value, which, in turn, provides them with competitive advantages in global markets.…”

Section: Agile Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this vein, Fourné et al (2014) suggested that MNEs need strategic agility to sense local opportunities, identify global complementarities, and appropriate local value, which, in turn, provides them with competitive advantages in global markets. Shams et al (2020) developed a conceptual framework for agile multinationals and highlighted the conditions necessary for the achievement of agility, and the role played by agility in international success. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and declining multilateralism, Verbeke (2020) highlighted the need for agile global supply chains to maintain a thriving economy.…”

Section: Agile Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Multinational enterprises and the governance of sustainability practices in emerging market supply chains: An agile governance perspective

Soundararajan

Sahasranamam

Khan

et al. 2021

Journal of World Business

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Advanced economy multinational enterprises (AMNEs) face idiosyncratic challenges related to the governance of their sustainability practices in their emerging market supply chains. One way for AMNEs to address these challenges would be by adopting agile sustainability governance mechanisms. Drawing on the theories of experimentalist governance and deliberation, we propose a processual framework suited to develop agile sustainability governance mechanisms. We explore the challenges to supplier participation and the factors that enable an authentic dialogue in the process. We contribute to the scholarship on transnational governance and strategic agility, and offer practical implications which are also relevant for disruptions like COVID-19.

show abstract

“…Therefore, in the context of the knowledge-based society, the generation of knowledge should be the object of investments. A series of papers published in recent years [30,31] demonstrate a strong link between the generation of knowledge and the process of innovation of products and services in the context of the digital society. In fact, there is a direct and intrinsic relationship between knowledge, innovation and digitalization.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Canonical Correlation Analysis and a New Composite Index on Digitalization and Labor Force in the Context of the Industrial Revolution 4.0

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The current phenomenon of the economy-accelerated digitalization, known as the “Industry 4.0”, will generate both an increased productivity, connectivity and several transformations on the labor force skills. Our research objectives are to determine the influence that digitalization has had on the workforce in several developed countries and to propose a new composite indicator that reflects these dynamics over time. We have used the Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) in order to identify and analyze the correlations between two sets of variables, an independent one and a dependent one. Data were collected from the World Bank and World Economic Forum for the years 2018–2019. Based on the results of our research we have determined and made a consistent analysis of the new composite index of digitalization and labor force in 19 countries. The results of our research are relevant and show not only the impact of digitalization on the labor force in different countries, but also the structural changes required by the new economic and social models. Our research can help decision-makers get in advance the necessary measures in the field of labor force in order to ensure a proper integration of these measures into the new economic model based on digitalization.

show abstract

Strategic agility in international business: A conceptual framework for “agile” multinationals

Cited by 149 publications

References 85 publications

Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity: A data driven analysis

Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity: A data driven analysis

Multinational enterprises and the governance of sustainability practices in emerging market supply chains: An agile governance perspective

Canonical Correlation Analysis and a New Composite Index on Digitalization and Labor Force in the Context of the Industrial Revolution 4.0

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About