88450 20230111103826.0 doi 10.1108/BJM-12-2018-0410 sideral 113076 ART-2019-113076 eng Martinez-Sanchez, Angel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6602-8901 Agile production, innovation and technological cooperation: Overlapping priorities of manufacturing firms 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze in a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms the relationship between agile manufacturing and the firm’s management capacities related to innovation and production flexibility. Complementarily the survey addresses the implementation of agile production and its measurement. Design/methodology/approach For data collection, a survey through mail to operations and human resource managers of manufacturing firms and telephonic interviews with managers from 25 selective firms was carried out. The population of the study included firms from the Sistema de Análisis de Balances Ibéricos database with NACE codes 24–32 and at least 200 employees. Quantitative methods (linear hierarchical regression and mean differences) were used to test research hypotheses, and a qualitative method (interview analysis) was used to analyze an implementation and measurement model of agile production. Findings The results of the study show that high-agile firms use more intensively a comprehensive set of agile facilitators (design, manufacturing and supply). They also innovate and cooperate externally more on innovation than low-agile firms. The authors have found that external technological cooperation moderates the firm’s production flexibility. Research limitations/implications The implications of this research indicate, on one hand, that firms interested in implementing agile production should focus on the agility management of supply chains, the skills and knowledge development of human resources and in the implementation of agile manufacturing technologies. On the other hand, firms in less cooperative environments should focus more on their internal manufacturing systems to reinforce the relationship between production flexibility and agility that offers broader scenarios to compete under this production paradigm. The main limitations of the research design are the use of cross-sectional data and the use of managerial perceptions to assess most of the variables. Originality/value This paper offers a model of agile production implementation that it is complemented with measurement indicators to analyze the firm’s evolution toward agility. The combination of multivariate analysis and managers’ interviews to obtain and validate results creates a value for managers interested in agile production. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S42-17R-CREVALOR info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/ECO2014-56912-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.719 2019 MANAGEMENT 166 / 226 = 0.735 2019 Q3 T3 0.47 2019 Business and International Management 2019 Q2 Management of Technology and Innovation 2019 Q2 Strategy and Management 2019 Q2 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2019 Q2 Marketing 2019 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Pérez Pérez, Manuela Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3772-8591 Vicente-Oliva, Silvia (orcid)0000-0002-9958-9972 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 14, 4 (2019), 597-615 BALTIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT Baltic Journal of Management 1746-5265 207889 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88450/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 593415 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/88450/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:88450 articulos driver 2023-01-11-10:07:50 ARTICLE