... academic research and managerial practice, from moving away from the traditional notion of organizational alignment to adopting a more explicit stakeholder-based view in the design and use of measurement systems. Originality/value The paper highlights the great potential of complexity theory...

...., 2013). Minor schedule variations can generate imperfect understandings of instability’s short- and long-term effects on plants and SCs (Pujawan and Smart, 2012). Complexity theory emerged to address this type of problem and is thus expected to reveal a network of potential relationships behind MDS...

... of the constructs explored we suggest measurement items with which these factors can be assessed. Business enterprise Complexity theory Management strategy Germany Enterprise systems (ES) are complex and their implementation can be a challenging, time consuming and expensive undertaking for any...

... of this debate: Strategic manufacturing Manufacturing industries Complexity theory In many publications about management, one can find a prominent common theme explaining why management has become extremely difficult nowadays. The common theme is “complexity” that is supposed to have increased...