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SUMMARY:Managing practices in turbulent environments - Afonso Fleury and M
 aria Tereza Fleury
DTSTART:20170123T100000Z
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CONTACT:Yongjiang Shi
DESCRIPTION:Studies looking at the influence of institutions on operations
  management are clearly increasing\, revealing a growing concern about the
  theme. Those studies depart from a common premise that institutions are "
 the rules of the game"\, thus providing the stable ground field for firms 
 to establish their strategies and management practices.  However\, in some
  countries\, rather than establishing a stable business environment\, inst
 itutions are a source of turbulence in that rules and policies change haza
 rdously. In this study\, we analyze the impact of institutional turbulence
  on the adoption and utilization of management practices\, hypothesizing t
 hat\, in such environments\, the management of operations practices requir
 es a distinctive set of competences\, when compared to firms operating in 
 stable environments. We use as illustration the sugarcane industry in Braz
 il\, a traditional commodity producer. The outcomes are relevant because\,
  worldwide\, firms may be operating in VUCA – volatile\, unpredictable\,
  complex and ambiguous – types of environment\, in the coming years.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, IfM\, 17 Charles Babbage Road
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