IS SLACK GOOD OR BAD FOR INNOVATION?

1996/10/01 by N. NOHRIA, Nitin Nohria, R. GULATI +1 · 24 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences #Innovation and Knowledge Management #Global and Cross-Cultural Management

paper · doi:10.2307/256998

Abstract

This article suggests that there is an inverse U-shaped relationship between slack and innovation in organizations: both too much and too little slack may be detrimental to innovation. Two related ...

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