The influence of the financial slack on the economical performance of Brazilian and Chilean companies

Although financial slack is a resource used to generate opportunities, a high level of this may lead to a more relaxed or complacent management. Taking into account this divergence, the present study examines the influence of financial slack on economic performance. The study involved 190 companies...

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Autores: Picolo, Jaime Dagostim, Dal Magro, Cristian Baú, Da Silva, Tarcísio Pedro, Bernardo, Luciano
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/690815
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/690815
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cesjef.2016.12.002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Financial slack
Transitory slack
Discretionary slack
Economic performance
Economía
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Resumo:Although financial slack is a resource used to generate opportunities, a high level of this may lead to a more relaxed or complacent management. Taking into account this divergence, the present study examines the influence of financial slack on economic performance. The study involved 190 companies in Brazil and 104 in Chile. The results indicate that in Brazil and Chile, the gross profit showed better explanatory power to the financial slack resources. However, the high discretionary financial slack showed negative magnitude and a positive link with the financial resources demand, suggesting that companies become proactive in new investments and in strategic choices when there is a demand for financial resources