Abstract
Firms nowadays face significant challenges in their operating environments, which have been characterised in two different ways. From a strategic management perspective these environments are in a state of hypercompetition while from a logistics or supply chain perspective these environments require market responsiveness predicated upon agile supply chains. However, firms must also rely on many inter-organisational relationships to ensure efficient and effective movements within their supply chains. This paper discusses the relationships among these concepts and proposes a research framework combining aspects of the hypercompetition and responsiveness and agility viewpoints.
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Kotzab, H., Grant, D.B., Teller, C. et al. Supply chain management and hypercompetition. Logist. Res. 1, 5–13 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12159-008-0002-5
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