Intermodal freight transport has received an increased attention due to problems of road congestion, environmental concerns and traffic safety. A growing recognition of the strategic importance of speed and agility in the supply chain is forcing firms to reconsider traditional logistic services. As a consequence, research interest in intermodal freight transportation problems is growing. This p...

We propose the individual-level microfoundations of subsidiary CEOs in emerging markets as antecedents strategic agility multinational enterprises, and embeddedness a key organizational-level moderator these relationships. Combining quantitative data on operating India with qualitative interviews Italian HQ counterparts, our results suggest that CEOs’ tenure markets, along their overall experie...

This study investigates the influence of technological innovative capabilities (TICs) on firm performance (FP) in IT sector, with strategic agility as a moderator variable. paper analyzes TICs at level service sector using functional approach. An online structured questionnaire was adapted and refined to collect required information dimensions FP achieve objectives. The unit analysis consists t...

agility metrics are difficult to define in general, mainly due to the multidimensionality and vagueness of the concept of agility itself. in this paper, a knowledge-based framework is proposed for the measurement and assessment of public sector agility using the a.t.kearney model. fuzzy logic provides a useful tool for dealing with decisions in which the phenomena are imprecise and vague. in th...

Firms nowadays face significant challenges in their operating environments, which have been characterised in two different ways. From a strategic management perspective these environments are in a state of hypercompetition while from a logistics or supply chain perspective these environments require market responsiveness predicated upon agile supply chains. However, firms must also rely on many...

The Dutch governmental Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) recently completed a project on business modeling. The aim was to develop business models that express the strategic goals of customer event orientation, integrated customer services as well as improved agility. An approach was chosen to combine event definition, dynamic process modeling and business rules. In this paper we present our findi...