Strategic agility is a fast-growing paradigm for strategic thinking and strategy-making that is finding increasing acceptance both in academia and practice. But what are the theoretical origins of this paradigm? What are the main lines of development of the paradigm in the current academic debate and in firms adopting agile strategies? And, finally, what are the areas and topics that need additional research?

With this book, Guido Bortoluzzi and Marco Balzano take us first into the past to look for the historical roots of this disruptive paradigm, then review the current academic debate on the topic and present some cases of agile companies. And finally, they discuss the potential future development of this topic in the field of strategy research.

Reviews and systematizes a scattered literature on a fast-emerging topic Provides concrete cases of strategic agility in action Introduces a missing perspective on the theoretical roots of a new and disruptive paradigm

Autorentext

Marco Balzano is PhD Candidate at the Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy). He received an International PhD scholarship to attend the Double PhD degree with the SKEMA Business School (France). His main research interests deal with the study of chance, strategic management, and innovation management.

Guido Bortoluzzi is Full Professor of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Economics, Management, Mathematics and Statistics "Bruno de Finetti" of the University of Trieste (Italy) and Core Faculty member at the MIB Trieste School of Management.

Inhalt

1. Strategic Agility: An introduction.- 2. The Historical Roots of Strategic Agility.- 3. The Academic Debate on Strategic Agility. A Literature Review.- 4. Cases of Strategic Agility.- 5. Strategic Agility: A New Paradigm for Strategy?.