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In an ever-more interconnected world (social, technological and environmental), no organisation can retain a competitive position and survive disruptions as an independent entity. This article provides a review of resilience literature in its widest context and later its application at an organisational level context. The origins of the concept are reported and consequently, the various fields of research are analysed. The concept is shown to remain essentially constant regardless of its field of enquiry and has much to inform the fields of organisation theory, strategy and operations management. This article identifies a number of areas for advancing resilience research, in particular: the relationship between human and organisational resilience; understanding interfaces between organisational and infrastructural resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over recent years, the concept of resilience has gained increasing support within the academic community. Given the potentially devastating implications of disruptions, understanding the dynamics of successful adaption within organisations yields an important avenue for future research. This theoretical article will focus on addressing the features detection and activation within the response of an organisation to disruptive events. Through this, a conceptual framework of a resilient organisational response is presented. As such, this article will focus on establishing a solid conceptual base for organisational resilience upon which future empirical studies can be based. This article outlines the background literature relating to resilience and presents a working definition for organisational resilience. The conceptual framework supports analytical thinking toward characterising the response of an organisation to disruptive events and aims to support organisational development through outlining the fundamental processes necessary for an organisation to elicit a resilient response. Finally, conclusions are presented and attention is drawn to the implications of resilience on small and medium-sized enterprises and future research directions are outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides a comprehensive review of literature relating to entrepreneurial leadership. A systematic literature review (SLR) is an acknowledged method for producing reliable knowledge from an evidence based approach. The SLR approach applied in this paper is conducted in three stages towards providing support for the conceptual development of entrepreneurial leadership. The findings of the study support the conclusion that entrepreneurial leadership is an important factor in enhancing organisational performance across turbulent and competitive environments. However, what is unclear is the extent to which entrepreneurial leadership attributes identified are relevant in particular contexts. The findings highlight multiple attributes related to entrepreneurial leadership such as vision, effective communication, risk taking and creativity but demonstrate a lack of consensus on the theoretical and conceptual basis of the concept. Drawing on this literature review, recommendations for future research with particular reference to developing economies are proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a view on the impact of stent grafting on open surgery, particularly in the field of vascular surgery. The development of endovascular graft is believed to have advantages compared to open surgery. Stent grafting is still yet to be establish as treatment for young patients with complex aneurysms. Endovascular treatments are of value for different vascular diseases.