Agility and flexibility in international business research: A comprehensive review and future research directions

M Christofi, V Pereira, D Vrontis, S Tarba… - Journal of World …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explores 134 articles on agility and flexibility research published in the top-nine
international business (IB) journals. Accordingly, we critically analyze, map and structure …

Uncertainty in decision-making: A review of the international business literature

S Sniazhko - Cogent Business & Management, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Uncertainty is a key contextual factor that affects the decision-making of multinational
corporations on many types of international operation. However, the variety of ways in which …

The organizational improvisation landscape: Taking stock and looking forward

MP Ciuchta, J O'Toole, AS Miner - Journal of Management, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past 25 years, scholars have produced a wide variety of organizational
improvisation (OI) scholarship from multiple fields that has improved our understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] Necessary conditions in international business research–Advancing the field with a new perspective on causality and data analysis

NF Richter, S Hauff - Journal of World Business, 2022 - Elsevier
Many researchers in international business (IB) refer to necessity when they theorize about
the relationships between different concepts. However, necessary conditions involve a …

[HTML][HTML] Configuring international entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic internationalization capability to predict international performance

MI Mostafiz, FU Ahmed, J Tardios, P Hughes… - International Business …, 2025 - Elsevier
In recent years, the dynamics of international business have changed. This has largely been
attributed to uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and global trends towards …

Strategic agility through improvisational capabilities: Implications for a paradox-sensitive HRM

MP e Cunha, E Gomes, K Mellahi, AS Miner… - Human Resource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Organizations, especially, multinationals, inevitably confront contradictory challenges. One
crucial challenge is the value of strategic consistency versus the value of rapid change …

Explaining the entrepreneurial orientation–performance relationship in emerging economies: The intermediate roles of absorptive capacity and improvisation

P Hughes, IR Hodgkinson, M Hughes… - Asia Pacific Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Research has established the relevance of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) to firm
performance but skepticism remains because of the ambiguity surrounding how EO might …

A diagnostic tool to determine a strategic improvisation Readiness Index Score (IRIS) to survive, adapt, and thrive in a crisis

P Hughes, RE Morgan, IR Hodgkinson… - Industrial Marketing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Crises for business-to-business (B2B) firms are characterized by unexpected or
unanticipated severe threats that are highly uncertain where strategic response times are …

A causal analysis of the role of institutions and organizational proficiencies on the innovation capability of Chinese SMEs

M Zhang, H Merchant - International Business Review, 2020 - Elsevier
We attempt to advance the existing narrative about the role of local institutions vis-à-vis the
organizational capabilities of Chinese SMEs, and the influence of such linkages on the …

Open innovation pathway to firm performance: the role of dynamic marketing capability in Malaysian entrepreneurial firms

MI Mostafiz, FU Ahmed, P Hughes - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study investigates how firms build strong dynamic marketing capability (DMC)
from open innovation (OI) to enhance the performance of entrepreneurial firms. Moreover …