A reexamination of the organizational slack and innovation relationship

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2683-2690

  Marlin, Dan ^a   Geiger, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration; Equifinality; Innovation; Slack

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942362985     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.03.047     Document Type: Article

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