Reacting to a generalised crisis. A theoretical approach to the consumption of slack resources in family firms
Research to date has shown that companies can accumulate resources over those strictly needed in order to overcome the uncertainty associated to a crisis. But the usage, re- deployment, or consumption of this excess of resources when facing an adverse environment is yet underexplored. As suggested b...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/136376 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/136376 https://doi.org/10.24310/ejfbejfb.v11i2.10626 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Consumption Crisis Family firms Organizational slack Performance Consumo Empresas familiares Rendimiento Slack organizativo |
| Sumario: | Research to date has shown that companies can accumulate resources over those strictly needed in order to overcome the uncertainty associated to a crisis. But the usage, re- deployment, or consumption of this excess of resources when facing an adverse environment is yet underexplored. As suggested by the literature, the condition of family business can exert an important effect in such behaviour. This paper proposes a th eoretical framework, focused on family business, about how firms manage the different slack resources when facing a general crisis. We make a call on family business scholars to leverage our propositions and the existing literature on slack resources to develop a guidance for family owners when facing an economic downturn. |
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