Agility Prevalence Across Industry Type: A Proposed Model

Abstract

In a turbulent market environment, firm agility is one of the key factors influencing an organization’s performance in adapting to a changing market environment. The value of agility in the improvement of firms' internal and external performance has been evaluated differently across diverse industries. This study investigates how the focus of firms' agility is distributed across different industries. This study proposes that differences exist in the prevalence of agility across industries, as well as in the relationship between agility and the industry-life cycle. An understanding of the differences of value in agility across industries may reaffirm why consideration of the industrial element in business research is important. Thus, this perspective allows researchers and practitioners to understand the difference in agility across different industries and reaffirm the importance of agility in overall business processes.