Nowadays, in turbulent and violate global markets an Agile Supply Chain (ASC) network is frequently considered as a dominant competitive advantage for survival. To achieve the competitive advantage, companies must align with suppliers and customers to streamline operations, as well as agility beyond individual companies. There are many definitions and models about agile supply chain and most of...

Sport specific training in basketball players should focus on vertical jump height and agility in consistent with demands of the sport. Since plyometrics training improves vertical jump height and agility, it can be useful training strategy to improve the performance of basketball players. A convenience sample of thirty professional basketball players were recruited. Following pre-intervention ...

Information systems are a critical factor in achieving supply chain agility in fluctuating markets. However, there has been limited research on identifying specific mechanisms on how information systems may affect supply chain agility. This gap is addressed by illustrating the complementary role of supply chain agility across operational dimensions, such as flexibility, responsiveness and depen...

In this paper, we briefly describe IS agility related research in four established IS research areas: IT infrastructure, IS development, IS organization, and IS personnel. We present a systematic literature review of articles published in leading scientific IS journals during the years 1990-2013. The main contribution of the paper is in the summary of research methods and results of agility rel...

The prevalent business environment characterized by technological advances, globalization, powerful customers and increasing ethical concerns is exerting a lot of pressures on business organizations. The ever increasing competition means that it is easier to fail than to succeed. There are some key business virtues to be incorporated in order to gain competitive advantage or even to survive. Or...

Agility is an important quality in tennis, yet there is an evident lack of studies focussing on the applicability of tennis-specific agility performances and comparing them to equivalent non-specific agility performances. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and factorial validity of three tests of pre-planned agility, performed in specific (with a tennis racquet) and non-speci...

The aim of this paper is to present the concept of an agile enterprise model and to initiate discussion on the research assumptions of the model presented. The implementation of the research project "The agility of enterprises in the process of adapting to the environment and its changes" began in August 2014 and is planned to last three years. The article has the form of a work-inprogress pape...

CONTEXT Improving neuromuscular control of hamstrings muscles might have implications for decreasing anterior cruciate ligament injuries in females. OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of a 6-week agility training program on quadriceps and hamstrings muscle activation, knee flexion angles, and peak vertical ground reaction force. DESIGN Prospective, randomized clinical research trial. SETTIN...

We examined the influence of information technology (IT) acceptance on organizational agility. The study was based on a well-established theoretical model, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). We attempted to identify the relationships between IT acceptance and organizational agility in order to see how the acceptance of technology contributes to a firm’s ability to be an agile competitor. St...