TY - JOUR
T1 - Agility and flexibility in international business research
T2 - A comprehensive review and future research directions
AU - Christofi, Michael
AU - Pereira, Vijay
AU - Vrontis, Demetris
AU - Tarba, Shlomo
AU - Thrassou, Alkis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - 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 flexibility and agility research in IB, and synthesize the findings into an integrative framework. The paper identifies a wide range of definitions of the concept and a lot of work on its conceptualization. However, studies at the individual and institutional levels of analyses are scarce, and the concept is under-theorized, as there is a dearth of real theoretical underpinnings in this research stream. Thus, in addressing this gap, more qualitative and interdisciplinary research is needed.
AB - 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 flexibility and agility research in IB, and synthesize the findings into an integrative framework. The paper identifies a wide range of definitions of the concept and a lot of work on its conceptualization. However, studies at the individual and institutional levels of analyses are scarce, and the concept is under-theorized, as there is a dearth of real theoretical underpinnings in this research stream. Thus, in addressing this gap, more qualitative and interdisciplinary research is needed.
KW - Agility
KW - Flexibility
KW - International business research
KW - Systematic review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099948022&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101194
DO - 10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101194
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099948022
SN - 1090-9516
VL - 56
JO - Journal of World Business
JF - Journal of World Business
IS - 3
M1 - 101194
ER -