Lilla Hortoványi

Strategy Without Templates

Adaptation in Digital Environments

Table 4 Mechanisms of partial integration

Mechanism	Trigger conditions	Core process	Structural effect	Contribution to viability	Trade-offs / risks
Sequential accumulation	Continuous problem-solving under constraints	Layering solutions without reconciliation	Path-dependent, stratified architecture	Maintains continuity while enabling adaptation	Hidden interdependencies, fragility
Modular orchestration	Need for coordination across modules	Interface-based coordination	Loosely coupled but interoperable system	Scalable coordination without full redesign	Interface dependence, opacity
Asymmetric coupling	Dependence on external platforms	Selective tight–loose coupling	Uneven integration across components	Access to external scale with internal flexibility	Dependency, reduced control
Digital bricolage	Resource constraints and uncertainty	Recombinant use of available resources	Patchwork architecture shaped by availability	Rapid innovation without full integration	Path dependence, lock-in
Controlled fragmentation	Tension between adaptation and stability	Selective integration and boundary management	Coexistence of integrated and fragmented domains	Enables experimentation alongside coordination	Coordination costs, inefficiencies
Emergent coherence	Interaction without full control	Iterative adjustment and stabilization	Provisional, reproduced coherence	Sustains viability through compatibility	Fragility, unpredictability

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2026

ISBN: 978 963 664 204 4

Gazdaság

What happens when understanding comes only after action has already begun?

Traditional strategy rests on the assumption that organizations can understand their environment before deciding how to act. Yet the conditions that once allowed organizations to rely on benchmarking, best practices, and proven strategic templates can no longer be taken for granted. Today, organizations increasingly face situations for which no clear roadmap exists. Established assumptions become less reliable, familiar reference points lose their clarity, and strategic decisions must be made before their consequences can be fully understood.

Strategy Without Templates explores how organizations learn, adapt, and navigate environments in which uncertainty is pervasive and established templates are absent or no longer sufficient. Instead of treating strategy as a process of prediction and planning, the book explores how strategic paths take shape through action, experimentation, adjustment, and learning.

A central insight in the book is that temporary solutions are often necessary. What begins as a practical response to an immediate challenge may gradually shape future possibilities in unexpected ways. Some solutions create new opportunities and sources of advantage. Others become constraints that are difficult to overcome.

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