Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?

Abstract Does a firms resilience distinguish itself from its mere probability of survival in a way that justifies the expanding research? Answers to this question are found through a novel, systematic literature review focusing on the company’s life phase and its type of market exit. A comparison wi...

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Main Author: Enrico Schötz
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-01-01
Series:Future Business Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-025-00427-8
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description Abstract Does a firms resilience distinguish itself from its mere probability of survival in a way that justifies the expanding research? Answers to this question are found through a novel, systematic literature review focusing on the company’s life phase and its type of market exit. A comparison with current resilience literature shows that the concept of static resilience is closely related to survival probability considerations. It is suitable for examining indicators that act absorptive during disruptive phases of companies. The integration of dynamic resilience proves to be an achievement that sets the topic apart from pure corporate survival and develops it further. The close connection with innovative actions and differentiated results regarding its impact on survival probability jointly justifies the need for new measures of resilience for future empirical research.
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spelling doaj-art-722c1adfe85647cb83aaa8f7da2dc8542025-02-02T12:25:59ZengSpringerOpenFuture Business Journal2314-72102025-01-0111112910.1186/s43093-025-00427-8Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?Enrico Schötz0Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Chair of Management, Management Accounting and Control Systems, Brandenburg University of TechnologyAbstract Does a firms resilience distinguish itself from its mere probability of survival in a way that justifies the expanding research? Answers to this question are found through a novel, systematic literature review focusing on the company’s life phase and its type of market exit. A comparison with current resilience literature shows that the concept of static resilience is closely related to survival probability considerations. It is suitable for examining indicators that act absorptive during disruptive phases of companies. The integration of dynamic resilience proves to be an achievement that sets the topic apart from pure corporate survival and develops it further. The close connection with innovative actions and differentiated results regarding its impact on survival probability jointly justifies the need for new measures of resilience for future empirical research.https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-025-00427-8Business exitFirm resilienceFirm survivalSurvival probability
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Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?
Future Business Journal
Business exit
Firm resilience
Firm survival
Survival probability
title Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?
title_full Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?
title_fullStr Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?
title_full_unstemmed Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?
title_short Resilience vs. survival: same song, new melody?
title_sort resilience vs survival same song new melody
topic Business exit
Firm resilience
Firm survival
Survival probability
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-025-00427-8
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