1996
DOI: 10.2307/256998
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Is Slack Good or Bad for Innovation?

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“…We specifically focus on the relationship between financial and human slack and their impact on R&D investment which surprisingly has received little or no attention especially given that such R&D related allocation decisions are one of most fundamental decisions made by top managers (Barker, Mueller 2002). Thus, we extend the work of Nohria and Gulati (1996) by using objective measures for both independent and dependent variables, and also answering calls to use firm-level panel data to gain deeper insights into the slack-innovation relationship, increasing the relevance and importance of the work. The sample extends from 1993 to 2011 and contains 7729 firmyears, making the results strong, robust, and generalizable.…”
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“…We specifically focus on the relationship between financial and human slack and their impact on R&D investment which surprisingly has received little or no attention especially given that such R&D related allocation decisions are one of most fundamental decisions made by top managers (Barker, Mueller 2002). Thus, we extend the work of Nohria and Gulati (1996) by using objective measures for both independent and dependent variables, and also answering calls to use firm-level panel data to gain deeper insights into the slack-innovation relationship, increasing the relevance and importance of the work. The sample extends from 1993 to 2011 and contains 7729 firmyears, making the results strong, robust, and generalizable.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…The availability of excess resources seems key, especially when it comes to innovation. Thus, our arguments here boil down to the idea that organizational slack (i.e., both financial and human) permits firms to divert their attention from "fire fighting" and focus on expansive thinking and risky, innovative projects with potentially high payoffs (Nohria, Gulati 1996). Taking all of this together, we thus hypothesize:…”
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“…Pour Bourgeois (1981), le slack est réputé également favoriser une culture de l'expérimentation et de la créativité en protégeant l'organisation des risques d'échec de certains projets innovants, de type développement de nouveaux produits ou de nouveaux marchés. Il permet en effet un relâchement des contrôles et constitue des ressources dont l'usage peut être approuvé même en cas d'incertitude quant à l'issue des projets qu'il permet de financer (Nohria et Gulati, 1996 ;George, 2005). En encourageant la prise de risque, la pro-activité dans les choix stratégiques, la construction de capacités compétitives (Nohria et Gulati, 1996George, 2005) le slack conduirait à la saisie/création d'opportunités favorables à la croissance.…”
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“…Il permet en effet un relâchement des contrôles et constitue des ressources dont l'usage peut être approuvé même en cas d'incertitude quant à l'issue des projets qu'il permet de financer (Nohria et Gulati, 1996 ;George, 2005). En encourageant la prise de risque, la pro-activité dans les choix stratégiques, la construction de capacités compétitives (Nohria et Gulati, 1996George, 2005) le slack conduirait à la saisie/création d'opportunités favorables à la croissance. Le slack est également considéré comme une ressource qui devrait libérer l'attention des managers pour une réflexion et une vision à long terme de la performance (Danneels, 2008).…”
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