Fast or Slow? A Meta-Analysis on the Performance Implications of Decision, Implementation, and Response Speed
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2025
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Source Publication
Journal of Management of Scientific Reports
Source ISSN
2755-0311
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1177/27550311241291976
Abstract
Speed across various organizational processes, such as decision-making, executing operational activities, and responding to competitive challenges, represents an essential component of firms’ ability to achieve a competitive advantage. However, a theoretical and empirical consensus has yet to form whether decision speed (DS), implementation speed (IS), and response speed (RS) are beneficial or detrimental to firm performance. To help reconcile these inconclusive findings, we meta-analyze 127 studies (representing 239 effect sizes) and report overall direct effects for DS (0.21), IS (0.22), and RS (0.10) on firm performance. In addition, we examine contingencies which reveal that the performance consequences of DS, IS, and RS vary across contextual and methodological conditions.
Recommended Citation
Kolev, Kalin; Dykes, Bernadine J.; Kang, Saehee; Hughes-Morgan, Margaret; and Ferrier, Walter J., "Fast or Slow? A Meta-Analysis on the Performance Implications of Decision, Implementation, and Response Speed" (2025). Management Faculty Research and Publications. 409.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mgmt_fac/409
Comments
Journal of Management of Scientific Reports, Vol. 3, No. 1 (February 2025): 40-67. DOI.