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 …

Customer-centric strategy driving innovativeness and business growth in international markets

S Tuominen, H Reijonen, G Nagy, A Buratti… - International Marketing …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The motivation for this study comes from decision making related to strategic
marketing orientations in international markets. The authors examine if customer orientation …

Top managers' improvisational decision-making in crisis: a paradox perspective

P Tabesh, DM Vera - Management Decision, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how top management teams' expertise in
comprehensive and intuitive decision-making contributes to effective improvisational …

Effect of competent human capital, strategic flexibility and turbulent environment on sustainable performance of SMEs in manufacturing industries in palestine

SY Dwikat, D Arshad, MN Mohd Shariff - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The contribution of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to economic prosperity and
expansion is widely acknowledged worldwide. However, the empirical evidence in the …

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 …

Entrepreneurial passion and technological innovation: the mediating effect of entrepreneurial orientation

A Kiani, D Yang, U Ghani, M Hughes - Technology Analysis & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A thesis of the affective and emotional origins of entrepreneurial orientation and
technological innovation is yet to emerge. This is highly unusual given the origins of a firm …

Entrepreneurial orientation and new venture resource acquisition: why context matters

M Yin, M Hughes, Q Hu - Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2021 - Springer
Resource acquisition is vital for new venture survival and growth. However, surprisingly little
is known about how the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of the new venture affects its …

Micro-foundations of organizational ambidexterity in the context of cross-border mergers and acquisitions

P Hughes, M Hughes, P Stokes, H Lee… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2020 - Elsevier
Micro-foundational approaches can enable firms to develop organizational ambidexterity,
which is critical to long-term prosperity. However, to date, few studies have examined how …

In search of operational resilience: How and when improvisation matters

D Essuman, H Ataburo, N Boso… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The need to improvise during supply chain disruptions to enhance operational resilience is
ever more critical. Yet, managers appear to lack an understanding of how and when …

Assessing the drivers and impact of international marketing agility

Y Asseraf, LF Lages, A Shoham - International Marketing Review, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically test a new
conceptualization of international marketing agility (IMA). Importantly, the empirical test …