Open research questions in Collaboration in agile enterprises
94 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 443 Collaboration in agile enterprises papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.
What the literature leaves open
Digital transformation has moved from a peripheral technology initiative to a condition of organizational survival, yet its translation into innovation performance remains conditional on organizational and managerial factors that are not fully understood, particularly in emerging markets such as Egypt.
Digital Transformation and Organizational Innovation Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Agility and the Moderating Role of Top Management Support · 2026 · DOIThe study extends the scarce research on agile branding and provides brand managers and start-up founders with an efficient approach to organising their brand management process with limited resources.
Evaluating the potential of agile branding: opportunities and challenges in the start-up context · 2025 · DOISMEs face specific challenges in adopting AI due to limited technical knowledge and expertise. The modern business environment is characterized by high levels of volatility and uncertainty. SMEs need to be highly adaptable to survive in a dynamic environment.
AI in strategic management and organizational agility of SMEs: leadership, policy environment, and adaptive capability · 2026 · DOIFuture research should investigate the impact of AI on organizational agility in different contexts. Future research should analyze the relationship between AI strategic capabilities and other organizational outcomes.
AI in strategic management and organizational agility of SMEs: leadership, policy environment, and adaptive capability · 2026 · DOIFuture research should adopt longitudinal designs to establish causal relationships between strategic agility and performance. Comparative studies across counties and East African countries are recommended to test model stability and generalizability. Cross-sector analyses could determine whether the explanatory power of strategic agility remains consistent in other manufacturing subsectors.
Strategic Agility and Strategic Performance of Clean Cook Stove Manufacturing Companies in Kiambu County, Kenya · 2026 · DOIThere is a need for a more nuanced understanding of strategic agility dimensions, measurement, and impact on strategic performance. Few studies have been conducted to ascertain how strategic agility affects the strategic performance of enterprises in Kiambu County, Kenya, that manufacture clean cook stoves.
Strategic Agility and Strategic Performance of Clean Cook Stove Manufacturing Companies in Kiambu County, Kenya · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of agile culture and skills in the success of agile organisations. There is a need to investigate the importance of skills such as self-reflection and emotional intelligence in agile organisations.
The role of agile culture and skills in the success of agile organisations across generations · 2026 · DOIThe accelerating pace of change in the business environment. The need to adopt effective strategies to achieve sustainable success. The importance of strategic agility in modern management.
The Role of Strategic Agility in Enhancing Operational Performance in the Saudi Ministry of Health: The Moderating Role of Future Challenges · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of strategic agility in enhancing operational performance. The study highlights the need to explore the impact of strategic agility on additional operational performance indicators.
The Role of Strategic Agility in Enhancing Operational Performance in the Saudi Ministry of Health: The Moderating Role of Future Challenges · 2026 · DOILow digital maturity among Indian SMEs. Limited technological integration among Indian SMEs. The need for SMEs to adopt digital technologies and agile operational practices effectively.
Composable Architectures for Organizational Agility: Evidence from Digital Transformation in Indian SMEs · 2026 · DOIThe lack of empirical studies on the impact of composable architectures on organizational agility among Indian SMEs. The need to understand the role of composable architectures in enhancing scalability, operational flexibility, and competitiveness.
Composable Architectures for Organizational Agility: Evidence from Digital Transformation in Indian SMEs · 2026 · DOIThere is a need to identify the competencies of agile leadership in nurse managers. There is a lack of studies on agile leadership in the context of nurse management.
Uncertainty and turbulence in the business landscape. The need for companies to adapt quickly to changing conditions. The importance of balancing efficiency and effectiveness in business operations.
Navigating Uncertainty: A Weighted Sum Model Approach to Understanding Business Agility · 2026 · DOIThere is a need to understand the key dimensions of business agility. There is a lack of research on the weighted sum model approach to evaluating business agility.
Navigating Uncertainty: A Weighted Sum Model Approach to Understanding Business Agility · 2026 · DOIThere is a lack of research on the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on financial performance in the mining sector. The study identifies a gap in the understanding of the role of organizational climate and agility in the digital transformation process.
THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRY 4.0 TECHNOLOGIES, ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND AGILITY ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON TURKISH MINING ENTERPRISES · 2026 · DOIFirms face resource constraints and institutional uncertainty in emerging economies. The relationship between AI adoption and firm performance remains mixed across empirical studies.
Strategic Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Strategic Agility in Emerging Economies · 2026 · DOIThe relationship between AI adoption and firm performance remains mixed across empirical studies. The study aims to clarify the mechanism through which AI-driven strategies influence performance.
Strategic Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Strategic Agility in Emerging Economies · 2026 · DOIThe role of agility in techno-adaptability remains underexplored. There is a lack of understanding concerning techno-adaptability and lecturer performance in distance education.
ENHANCING LECTURER PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF AGILITY IN TECHNO-ADAPTABILITY FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION · 2026 · DOIThere is a need to investigate the predictive role of teachers' learning agility in explaining their 21st-century teaching skills. Prior research has not fully explored the relationship between learning agility and 21st-century teaching skills.
Future studies can empirically investigate the relationship between digital transformation, organizational agility, and sustainability in hotels. Future research can explore the impact of digital technologies on sustainable hospitality development.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN HOTELS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT · 2026 · DOIThere is a growing need to understand the mechanisms through which hotels can achieve sustainable development. The study identifies a gap in the literature on the relationship between digital transformation, organizational agility, and sustainability in hotels.
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN HOTELS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT · 2026 · DOIThe digital skills deficit in Moroccan SMEs, - The lack of a conceptual framework linking the "Skills-First" paradigm to logistics performance, - The need for empirical investigations to validate the framework.
Le paradigme « Skills-First » comme levier stratégique de performance logistique des PME Une analyse théorique dans le contexte marocain · 2026 · DOIThe impact of the "Skills-First" paradigm is contingent on several variables, including the size of the structure. The paper does not present empirical results, but rather a conceptual framework. The framework is limited to the context of Moroccan SMEs.
Le paradigme « Skills-First » comme levier stratégique de performance logistique des PME Une analyse théorique dans le contexte marocain · 2026 · DOIA gap exists between organizational-level implementation and practitioner-level familiarity with APM. Significant deficiencies persist in agile maturity, management support, and organizational culture alignment.
There is a lack of empirical evidence that jointly examines the effects of innovation ambidexterity, regulatory pressure, and resource orchestration capability on organizational agility. Prior research has focused on the individual effects of these variables on organizational agility, but not their combined effects.
The Effects of Innovation Ambidexterity, Regulatory Pressure, and Resource Orchestration Capability on Organizational Agility: Evidence from Indonesian Hospitals · 2026 · DOI
Most-cited papers in Collaboration in agile enterprises
- Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Agility: Risk, Uncertainty, and Strategy in the Innovation Economy · California Management Review · 2016 · 1,909 citations
- Adaptation on Rugged Landscapes · Management Science · 1997 · 1,693 citations
- Dynamic Capabilities: Routines versus Entrepreneurial Action · Journal of Management Studies · 2012 · 1,248 citations
- Embedding Strategic Agility · Long Range Planning · 2009 · 977 citations
- Building Organizational Capabilities for Managing Economic Crisis: The Role of Market Orientation and Strategic Flexibility · Journal of Marketing · 2001 · 813 citations
- Dynamic Managerial Capabilities · Journal of Management · 2014 · 812 citations
- CEO Personality, Strategic Flexibility, and Firm Performance: The Case of the Indian Business Process Outsourcing Industry · Academy of Management Journal · 2010 · 665 citations
- Mastering digital transformation: The nexus between leadership, agility, and digital strategy · Journal of Business Research · 2022 · 659 citations
- Exploring the role of dynamic capabilities in firm performance under the resource-based view framework · Journal of Business Research · 2013 · 598 citations
- Chief Executive Personality and Corporate Strategy and Structure in Small Firms · Management Science · 1986 · 546 citations
Most recent work
- Dynamics of organizational capabilities and firm performance in an emerging business landscape. The moderating role of environmental dynamism · The Learning Organization · 2026
- Marketing agility in high power distance cultures · Journal of Business Research · 2026
- Agile Approaches to Strategic Planning and Decision-Making: Insights from European Higher Education Institutions · SAGE Open · 2026
- AI in strategic management and organizational agility of SMEs: leadership, policy environment, and adaptive capability · Future Technology · 2026
- Composable Architectures for Organizational Agility: Evidence from Digital Transformation in Indian SMEs · International Journal of Emerging Research in Science Engineering and Management · 2026
- Agile leadership and job satisfaction: Mediating role of job redesign within the framework of dynamic capability theory · Humanities and Social Sciences Letters · 2026
- Bridging environmental dynamism and performance: the strategic role of organisational resilience in emerging economies · Journal of Asia Business Studies · 2026
- Tracing 25 years of employee agility research: the missing links and future directions · Frontiers in Sociology · 2026
- Workplace learning in times of uncertainty: exploring how leaders learn under the lens of learning agility · The Learning Organization · 2026
- Agile-mindset leadership as agile-cultural practice. Leaders’ and followers’ views per gender · Gender in Management An International Journal · 2026
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