Introduction -- Emergence of the Agile Enterprise -- Business Process Automation -- Services are the Language and Building -- The On Demand World -- Innovation Management in an Agile Enterprise -- Agile Enterprises and Offshore Outsourcing -- Adaptive Innovation Management -- The DNA of Organizational Agility -- Agile and Adaptive: Making Organizations -- Implementing the Agile Enterprise -- Security and Privacy for the Agile Enterprise -- Small Manufacturers and the Agile Enterprise -- IT and the Agile Government
Summary
With the accelerating pace of changes in technological, regulatory, and economic environments as well as in stakeholder values it is important to adapt quickly in order to survive and sustain business operations. The editors of this volume have gathered those at the vanguard of business and technological innovations in academia, government, and the private sector to share their insights, both theoretical and practical, on building an "Agile Enterprise