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IS SLACK GOOD OR BAD FOR INNOVATION?

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Innovation and Knowledge Management Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Management and Leadership

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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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