Research on Business Adaptation
Peer-reviewed studies, authored analyses, and field research on how organisations restructure, pivot, and stabilise during periods of market disruption. Each entry is attributed and sourced.
Selected studies, reviewed and attributed
These publications represent a cross-section of academic and practitioner research. Authors are listed as credited in original sources. Mozoluy does not modify findings or add editorial interpretation.
Adaptive capacity in SMEs during supply chain disruption
Fionnuala Ó Briain and Dariusz Kwiatkowski examined 74 small and medium enterprises across Central and Northern Europe between 2019 and 2022. Their findings challenge the assumption that smaller firms are inherently more agile. Firms with documented contingency protocols recovered measurably faster than those relying on informal decision-making, regardless of headcount.
When digitisation slows growth instead of enabling it
Radosław Pietruszka's longitudinal study of retail businesses in post-pandemic recovery identified a pattern where rapid technology adoption without process redesign created friction rather than efficiency. The study covered 31 firms across three sectors.
Read analysisDecision authority under uncertainty in mid-size firms
Siobhán Tully and Marek Červenák analysed how centralised versus distributed decision structures affect response speed during market shocks. Data drawn from 19 organisations over 14 months.
Read analysisProcess standardisation as an adaptation lever
Benedikt Hauschild's study examined whether documented operational standards helped or hindered rapid adaptation in manufacturing firms. Results were more nuanced than prior literature suggested.