A reexamination of the organizational slack and innovation relationship

Marlin, Dan; Geiger, Scott W.

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.03.047

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“…Thus working capital slack may capture the impact of financial slack resources on CSP more accurately. We computed excess working capital as a measure of financial slack by subtracting the firm's current liabilities (e.g., accounts payable and accrued expenses) from its current assets (e.g., cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventory, and marketable securities) (Marlin & Geiger, 2015).…”

Section: Financial Slackmentioning

confidence: 99%

The implications of slack heterogeneity for the slack-resources and corporate social performance relationship

Shahzad

Mousa

Sharfman

2016

Journal of Business Research

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Section: Financial Slackmentioning

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The implications of slack heterogeneity for the slack-resources and corporate social performance relationship

Shahzad

Mousa

Sharfman

2016

Journal of Business Research

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“…To account for the influence of slack resources, the models contain measures for (iii) available slack and (iv) potential slack. The construction of two measures is similar to the research by Marlin and Geiger (2015), the difference is in grouping the variables into two. Available slack consists of the sum of the current ratio (current assets on current liabilities), a quick ratio (current assets minus inventories on current liabilities) and working capital (current assets minus current liabilities on sales).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Financial Performance Feedback and R&D: A Comparison of Different Models

Jirásek

2018

QIP Journal

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Purpose: Performance feedback either supports or undermines a firm’s current strategy. R&D is one of the most favoured proxies for a firm’s response to performance feedback and this relation complements the commonly studied influence of innovation (R&D) on a firm’s performance with a backward loop. The performance feedback literature works with a number of models used to empirically test these propositions and this study aims to compare the most common measures and models to locate potentially preferred alternatives for further research.Methodology/Approach: The research uses panel data with 1,558 observations. The sample consists of 208 US stock exchange listed firms followed over the years 2001-2015.Findings: The research suggests that models with separate historical and social aspirations may yield a slightly better fit with the data. However, the findings also indicate differences among R&D related dependent measures and their implications for empirical research. These differences arguably also reflect the underlying construct heterogeneity, therefore, researchers should work carefully with them to correctly explain their findings and provide results comparable to the previous literature.Research Limitation/implication: The limitations of the research rose mainly from the limited number of performance factors studied, which stems from an emphasis on standard financial performance indicators.Originality/Value of paper: The research contributes to the performance feedback literature by complementing a previous study that compared different aspiration models (Bromiley and Harris, 2014). By focusing on financial performance and R&D variables, the research offers the first concise entry point for researchers considering empirical studies on financial performance feedback and R&D relationship.

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“…One approach concerns perceptual measures that result from questionnaires to assess the different types and levels of slack (e.g., Nohria & Gulati, 1996). The other approach uses accounting and financial information to quantify different levels of slack (e.g., Herold, Jayaraman, & Narayanaswamy, 2006;Lee, 2015;Marlin & Geiger, 2015). This study adopts the latter approach.…”

Section: Slackmentioning

confidence: 99%

UK evidence for the determinants of R&D intensity from a panel fsQCA

Guedes

Gonçalves

Soares

et al. 2016

Journal of Business Research

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This study investigates whether configurations of situational determinants impact R&D intensity. Using a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), the study assesses the consistency and coverage, both cross-sectionally and over time, of these configurations. The global solution presents four alternative combinations conducive to R&D intensity and concludes that situational determinants matter. The way managers use their aspirations, the proximity of bankruptcy, and the availability of slack affects the propensity to engage in R&D. Further, the results show that firms are not all alike and highlight the differences in how these determinants combine to impact R&D intensity.

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A reexamination of the organizational slack and innovation relationship

Cited by 105 publications

References 30 publications

The implications of slack heterogeneity for the slack-resources and corporate social performance relationship

The implications of slack heterogeneity for the slack-resources and corporate social performance relationship

Financial Performance Feedback and R&D: A Comparison of Different Models

UK evidence for the determinants of R&D intensity from a panel fsQCA

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