Strategic Agility: A New Paradigm for Strategy?

This concluding chapter of the book “Strategic Agility in Dynamic Business Environments: Unveiling Foundations, Current Perspectives, and Future Directions” synthesizes the journey of strategic agility through different periods, emphasizing its centrality in the contemporary and future business landscape. It accentuates the key factors and aspects relevant to strategic agility. It also identifies three aspects—entrepreneurial orientation, uncertainty management, and absorptive capacity—that, despite their importance, have been marginally featured in strategic agility by the selected firms. Based on various cases, the chapter underscores its relevance for all industries and markets. The chapter concludes by asserting the need for further research and academic dialogue to better understand and integrate these elements into strategic agility frameworks.