Building the Flexible Firm: How to Remain Competitive

By Henk W. Volberda

Book Overview

How do firms cope with changing environments? Is flexibility really the solution? Based on an Igor Ansoff Award winning study, Building the Flexible Firm shows how flexibility has become the new strategic challenge for contemporary firms. Offering a wealth of insights and based on extensive
interviews with practitioners, Henk Volberda provides a strategic framework which explains what types of flexibility are effective under different organizational conditions and environmental characteristics. He also demonstrates an integrated method for diagnosing a firm's flexibility and for
guiding the transition to greater flexibility and responsiveness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198295952
• ISBN13: 9780198295952
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"