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<p>This paper introduces supply chain meta-agility (SCMA) as a firm-level, second-order dynamic capability that governs how supply chain agility (SCA) is interpreted, sequenced, and reconfigured when organizations face evolving and interdependent disruptions. While SCA is widely celebrated, its performance often falters under volatile conditions due to the absence of mechanisms that orchestrate and align its application. Drawing on systems thinking and the dynamic capabilities view, this study develops the SCMA governance framework by synthesizing multidisciplinary insights and translating them into a set of theoretically grounded propositions. supply chain meta-agility is conceptualized through three recursive dimensions—cognitive elasticity, temporal reframing, and structural realignment—which operate at the firm level while drawing on managerial cognition, decision routines, and information structures as microfoundations. These dimensions illuminate how misalignment can exhaust capabilities, create incoherence, or delay responses even within digitally advanced supply chains. By shifting attention from agile actions to the governance of SCA itself, the paper advances a new explanatory lens for understanding agility sustainability, responsiveness fit, and long-term adaptive performance under complex, non-linear disruption dynamics.</p>

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Governing agility: introducing supply chain meta-agility as a second-order dynamic capability in supply chains

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    2026年3月30日

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  • Eias Al Humdan

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This paper introduces supply chain meta-agility (SCMA) as a firm-level, second-order dynamic capability that governs how supply chain agility (SCA) is interpreted, sequenced, and reconfigured when organizations face evolving and interdependent disruptions. While SCA is widely celebrated, its performance often falters under volatile conditions due to the absence of mechanisms that orchestrate and align its application. Drawing on systems thinking and the dynamic capabilities view, this study develops the SCMA governance framework by synthesizing multidisciplinary insights and translating them into a set of theoretically grounded propositions. supply chain meta-agility is conceptualized through three recursive dimensions—cognitive elasticity, temporal reframing, and structural realignment—which operate at the firm level while drawing on managerial cognition, decision routines, and information structures as microfoundations. These dimensions illuminate how misalignment can exhaust capabilities, create incoherence, or delay responses even within digitally advanced supply chains. By shifting attention from agile actions to the governance of SCA itself, the paper advances a new explanatory lens for understanding agility sustainability, responsiveness fit, and long-term adaptive performance under complex, non-linear disruption dynamics.