This study examines the role that business intelligence (BI) and communication technologies play in how firms may achieve organizational sensing agility, decision making agility, and acting agility in different organizational and environmental contexts. Based on the information-processing view of organizations and dynamic capability theory, we suggest a configurational analytic framework that d...

Fighter agility metrics determined from measured or calculated data can be sensitive to the coordinate system used. Although simple and intuitive, agility metrics expressed in Cartesian coordinates are not always robust to variations in initial conditions and uncertainties in physical characteristics. This paper seeks to establish the relationship between form of agility equations and the measu...

The aim of ambidextrous organizations is to balance exploratory and exploitative learning concepts. They innovate through experiments and research, and capture the value of innovations through refinement and continuous improvement. In this paper, we study the relationship of organizational ambidexterity and IT enabled agility. Based on a case study with a German car manufacturer we find that (1...

Received date: 11 September, 2016 Review date: 12 October 2016 Accepted date:13 November 2016 Printed on line: 5 January Purpose: The aim of the current study was to explain the impact of organizational citizenship behavior on organizational agility Customs staff of Zahedan city, the present study in terms of purpose is functional and in terms of collection method of data is descriptive s...

Agility in supply chains is critical for competitive advantages as it helps to explore and exploit opportunities in fast changing markets. Firms are increasingly dependent on information technology (IT) for supply chain management as a competitive tool to facilitate such agility. However, little research has been done on the role of IT on supply chain agility. The paper aims to address this gap...

A company’s ability to change increasingly depends on the ability to change its IT, something referred to as “IT-agility” here. High IT-agility can contribute to increased business agility and thus create a competitive advantage. In this paper we focus on the IT application systems landscape, a resource of significant importance for the IT-agility and competitiveness of a company. To manage IT-...

Supply Chain Agility is vital for organisations wanting to remain competitive in today’s dynamic business environment. There is increasing interest in deploying Business Intelligence (BI) in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) context to improve Supply Chain (SC) Agility. However, there is limited research exploring BI contributions to SC Agility. In this research-in-progress paper we propose a m...

The characterization of the current business practices by variations in demands and differences in customer requirements has motivated many firms to be responsive. Responsiveness is an increasingly important skill for firms in today's global economy; therefore firms must be agile. Supply chain agility can be regarded as an operational strategy, concerning customer responsiveness and flexibility...

As markets change, business models alter and technology evolves information systems need to change. The ability and speed of change in information systems are crucial success factors for the success of the business itself. We call this IT Agility. IT Agility depends on many internal and external factors of the enterprise and can be achieved through reactive and proactive actions. In this paper ...