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When Darwin wrote his opus magnum On the Origin of Species he most likely did not have businesses and other enterprises in mind. Yet, the adage “survival of the fittest” definitely applies to many modern day enterprises. At the moment of writing, it appears we are just heading out of a long economic/ financial crisis. Many corporations have folded, others have struggled to stay afloat. This poses both a challenge and a threat for most of us: we’re all in this together, some will survive and others will not. A few things seems clear: organizations that want to survive must (a) adapt to changing circumstances, and (b) do so effectively (that is: fast, and continuously). We also know that these changes will touch upon all aspects of the organization: people, processes, information/ data, infrastructure, and information systems alike.
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van Gils, B. (2014). Using Models for Building Strong Organizations. In: Benghozi, P., Krob, D., Lonjon, A., Panetto, H. (eds) Digital Enterprise Design & Management. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 261. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04313-5_15
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