Multilevel Antecedents of Organizational Speed: The Exemplary Case of a Small Italian R&D Organization

Lara Agostini and Anna Nosella
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Lara Agostini: Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Anna Nosella: Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-22

Abstract: The COVID-19 outbreak has compelled many organizations to adapt to a rapidly changing environment. In this context, the aim of this article is to unveil how a small R&D organization has been able to rapidly take advantage of the opportunities offered by the COVID-19 outbreak and to understand the factors that have enabled organizational speed. Results of the qualitative analysis of this exemplary single case show that a combination of factors at the individual level (i.e., characteristics of the CEO and collaborators), organizational level (i.e., structure, resources, operative systems and processes, culture), and partner level (i.e., characteristics of the partner portfolio) is required to go through a very fast recognition–decision–execution process.

Keywords: organizational speed; dynamic capability; ambidexterity; COVID-19; R&D organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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