Scientific production analysis of resilient enterprises

Abstract

The term resilient originates from physics and is used in most scientific areas, from psychology to environmental studies and information technology. In this Brazilian research paper the focus was the concept of resilience as applied to business administration. A resilient enterprise, the one that recovers itself from crises before competitors take over, minimizes the impact on its clients through the use of flexibility, innovation and self-knowledge. Resilient enterprises aim to improve regional development. To ascertain how a resilient enterprise succeeds, the first proposition was to identify its scientific roots. What research has already been done on the topic? Who is currently studying it? Where are these researchers based? What exactly does the concept 'resilient' actually mean? This paper we will report on the results of scientific production analysis on resilient enterprises. In order to achieve the objective of this paper the methodology used was both qualitative and quantitative bibliographical and bibliometric exploratory research. Quantitative analysis was used to find out how many publications mentioned the term resilient enterprise, also we looked at where, when, and who wrote these publications. A Qualitative approach was employed using the concept interpretation of the papers found. The data base used (Portal de Periódicos da Capes-MEC-Brasil) is academically recognized and brings productions from all countries in the world. According to expectations, we did not achieve many results with our search: just 274 in the general research, 143 after restricted by peer review, and only 33 papers matching the search goal. As a conclusion, academic production on resilient enterprise comes basically from USA (55%), but there are 12 countries on the list, what shows an incipient production. Considering chronological analysis, 82% was done after 2005, and 55% after 2010. The most frequently referred to author, writing about logistics and supply chain process was Yossi Sheffi, from MIT. The search results, indicate a straight relationship between resilience and innovation in business management. Copyright © 2015 by University of Taubaté.