Defining Strategic Flexibility

Strategic Flexibility: A Review of the Literature

“…This determination provided the basis for a well-founded overview and critique of the identified contributions. Following the method of Nordin and Kowalkowski (2010), a meta-review of several review papers (Anderson et al 1989;Barrales-Molina et al 2014;Croom et al 2000;Edvardsson et al 2005;Golden and The selection of the identified aspects was then confirmed through another meta-review of the existing reviews on strategic flexibility de Haan et al 2011;De Toni and Tonchia 1998;Roberts and Stockport 2009;Saleh et al 2009). The meta-review identified four main elements present in the literature: dimensions; antecedents; process; and outcomes.…”

“…Academic interest in this topic has been rising continuously , both theoretically and empirically, resulting in an increase in the number of publications (see Figure 1). However, the existing literature appears relatively broad, delineating definitions of strategic flexibility (Roberts and Stockport 2009), suggesting its different forms (Combe and Greenley 2004;Evans 1991) and studying its interaction with niches , quality management ) and networks (Mason and Mouzas 2012), for instance. In an attempt to consolidate the scope of the field, several literature reviews and overviews have been published recently de Haan et al 2011;De Toni and Tonchia 1998;Roberts and Stockport 2009;Saleh et al 2009).…”

“…However, these reviews have a number of shortcomings. For example, some are concerned primarily with definitional issues; they revisit the existing definitions and create new and more encompassing definitions (Roberts and Stockport 2009). Other reviews compare and connect strategic flexibility to other types of flexibilities (De Toni and Tonchia 1998;Saleh et al 2009) or relate it to similar theoretical concepts, such as robustness, adaptability and resilience (de Haan et al 2011).…”

Devising Research Inquiries: An Interdisciplinary-Strategic Approach

“…Additionally, problems may not be linear; thereby, may be benefitting being analyzed from an interdisciplinary, 360-degree approach. Roberts and Stockport (2009) share 'organization flexibility' being an organization's ability to manage risk by way of responding to opportunities and threats. This is yet another vantage point in data analysis.…”

Strategic Flexibility of Enterprises

“…[8] Some authors emphasize the differences between existing definitions by observing that flexibility is often used as a synonym for agility. While these two terms are interconnected, they bear different connotations from the viewpoint of company strategy.…”