Strategic flexibility: a systematic review and future research directions

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Journal of Strategy and Management Pub Date : 2023-03-20 DOI:10.1108/jsma-08-2022-0134

Jitrinee Chanphati, Nongnapat Thosuwanchot

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PurposeStrategic flexibility (SF) has become an important factor for firm viability and success amidst uncertain and fast-changing environments. Firms should supplement their primary strategy with alternative ones to change courses of action whenever required. Despite these benefits, some firms are constrained by the high costs of investments. Hence, this paper aims to synthesize and systematically review extant empirical studies on SF and to provide suggestions for future research.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a systematic review following the Theory, Context, Characteristics, and Methods (TCCM) framework based on 88 journal articles from 34 high-ranking publications.FindingsThe study shows that extant SF literature focuses on antecedents and outcomes and draws on three main theoretical perspectives. It also presents a growing trend of SF literature in various contexts.Originality/valueThis study provides a systematic review of SF literature from both theoretical and empirical perspectives using the TCCM framework. It highlights the significance of SF in management research and global context.

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战略灵活性:系统回顾与未来研究方向

在不确定和快速变化的环境中，战略灵活性已成为企业生存和成功的重要因素。企业应在必要时用替代战略补充其主要战略，以改变行动方针。尽管有这些好处，一些公司还是受到高投资成本的限制。因此，本文旨在对现有的关于顺丰的实证研究进行综合和系统的回顾，并对未来的研究提出建议。设计/方法/方法作者根据理论、背景、特征和方法(TCCM)框架对来自34个高级出版物的88篇期刊文章进行了系统综述。研究结果表明，现有的科幻文学关注前因和结果，并借鉴了三个主要的理论视角。同时也呈现了科幻文学在不同语境下的发展趋势。本研究使用TCCM框架，从理论和实证两方面对科幻文学文献进行了系统的回顾。它突出了顺丰在管理研究和全球背景下的重要性。

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Journal of Strategy and Management MANAGEMENT-

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6.30

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9.70%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Strategy and Management is an international journal dedicated to: -improving the existing knowledge and understanding of strategy development and implementation globally in private and public organizations -encouraging new thinking and innovative approaches to the study of strategy -offering executives strategic insights based on outcomes of original scholarly research; and -establishing effective communication between researchers and executives managing public and private organizations.