Conventional approaches to organizational effectiveness and survival in highly volatile and
complex environments focus on adaptation strategies of cost cutting and rationalization. The …

This article proposes that so powerful are the various forces for change in the business
environment, in particular technological advances, that organizations must develop their …

Organizational agility—defined loosely as a combination of flexibility, nimbleness, and
speed—is increasingly regarded as a source of competitive advantage in today's fiercely …

“Organizational agility” is often treated as an immutable quality, implying that firms need to
be in a constant state of transformation. However, this ignores that such transformations …

One of the biggest challenges facing leaders today is the need to position and enable
organizations and people for adaptability in the face of increasingly dynamic and …

In a chaotic environment in which markets emerge, collide, split, evolve, and die, one of the
primary determinants of a firm's success is strategic agility, the ability to remain flexible in …

The study of organizational change, as the many chapters in this handbook demonstrate,
reflects extensive and diverse theoretical perspectives and empirical approaches. In this …

This article develops a conceptual integration of the dynamic capabilities and ambidexterity
perspectives in order to understand how firms adapt to discontinuous change. Based on …

Superior business performance is a central objective of any firm in an unpredictable
environment. Organizational agility (OA) constitutes one option for prospering in this …

The dynamics of change and the path-dependent evolution of resources and capabilities are
central concerns of contemporary strategic management. This paper integrates the resource …