Purpose Although slack resources and their relationship to performance have been widely studied in the literature, the … profitability. By means of hierarchical regressions, the short- term, medium- term and long-term effects of slack resources have …. Available slack has a consistent and positive effect on economic profitability in the short term. Other types of slack show …

Slack resources are usually identified as an endogenous motivation for firms' innovation. Still, it is crucial to … assess the importance of slack in supporting innovation, especially in different institutional contexts. Therefore, the paper … small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Viet Nam. The analysis reveals that slack resources promote innovation in different …