A multidimensional examination of slack and its impact on innovation.

By Scott W. Geiger, Luke H. Cashen. 2002

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Antecedents and Outcomes of Entrepreneurial and Market Orientations in a Non-profit Context: Theoretical and Empirical Insights (2007, background): “Morris, Schindehutte, and Allen (2006) tie entrepreneurship to control systems that are decentralized, looser with broad guidelines, contain resource slack, and emphasize a feed-forward approach (see also Geiger and Cashen, 2002).”
Managerial Risk, Innovation, and Organizational Decline (2009, background): “On the other hand, absorbed resources, consisting of excess operational costs (recoverable resources) and external resources in the form of debt and equity financing (potential resources), may require more managerial effort and time to retrieve (Geiger & Cashen, 2002).”
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm - 40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact (2007, background): “Despite these suggested moderating effects, there are still many studies investigating the direct effects of organizational slack on innovations , and some have found strong supportive results (Geiger and Cashen 2002).”