Evaluating agility in corporate enterprises

Anirban Ganguly, Roshanak Nilchiani and John V. Farr

International Journal of Production Economics, 2009, vol. 118, issue 2, 410-423

Abstract: Being able to adapt successfully and efficiently to unexpected changes in the business environment or agile is key in gaining a competitive advantage in the global market. There has been little discussion in the open literature on measuring and quantifying agility. This paper is devoted to developing a framework and quantifying the notion of agility. We propose three techniques and associated metrics for determining enterprise agility. Lastly, the paper presents a case study related to Apple's digital media to demonstrate the utility of the methodology and associated metrics.

Keywords: Agility; Metrics; Quantification; Corporate; enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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