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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"slack resources"”.
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Organisational slack resources, the definitions and consequences for business flexibility and performance : an empirical investigation
Slack resources are recognised to be those spare capabilities and assets of the organisation that are variable reclaimable for re-deployment. They represent under utilised and hidden spare energies within a company that may be recaptured and employed for a variety of tasks. However their positive …
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The relationship between internationalisation and firm performance in South Africa: the moderating role of slack resources
… significant gap in the literature regarding how slack resources moderate this relationship. This study aims to analyse the relationship between the degree of internationalisation and firm performance among South African firms. It also examines how absorbed and unabsorbed slack resources influence …
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Corporate turnarounds as strategic reorientations: A field study of turnaround attempts from firm-based decline
… decision makers, (c) maintaining enough slack resources to enact strategic change and (d) being able to combine several or all three of these factors in one turnaround attempt.
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Essays on Organizational Form and Function in Agricultural Production Alliances
… for and managing both committed and uncommitted slack resources in a network of swine production firms.
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The sponsor strikes back: Interacting with a budget-maximizing bureau
… that maximizes its budget, a la Niskanen, or its slack resources, a la Migue and Belanger, and explores, through mathematical models of bureau-sponsor interaction, the possibility for the sponsor to get a better deal from the bureau. The major conclusion is that a bureau's sponsor can extract …
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Development of a Sustainability Framework for Liner Shipping: A Study in South Korea
… paradigm, utilising stakeholder and slack resources theories. The findings provide theoretical and practical implications for liner shipping sustainability research whilst offering managerial implications relevant to the Korean context.
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Declínio organizacional e estratégias de recuperação nas pequenas e médias empresas : uma abordagem holística
… (fluxos de caixa positivos e financial slack resources). Esta actuação estratégica de recuperação revelou-se determinante na melhoria do desempenho, para a qual também contribuiu de uma forma significativa a actuação comercial e de marketing através da obtenção de informações sobre os …
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THE INTERNATIONALISATION DECISION OF THE ENDOWED SME
… research extends the previous work on how resources influence SMEs’ internationalisation and on the role of context on SMEs’ internationalisation. It contributes to knowledge by providing a novel synthesis of munificence by confirming the financial-market related parameters of the construct …
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Three Essays on the Management of Local Government Cash Flows
… regarding the use of short-term financial resources to improve a government’s internal operating process and successfully navigate challenging fiscal environments. Together, the three essays contribute to our understanding of cash flow management strategies and the consequences of their …