... 06 11 2025 06 11 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Climate change risk Inventory buffers Operational slack Resource dependence theory Supply chain resilience Cross-country analysis Anthropogenic climate...

... on resource dependence theory, the authors investigate the relationship between SCC and manufacturing firms' sustainability performance and the moderating roles of operational slack and information transparency. Design/methodology/approach The authors use secondary data from 3,581 manufacturing firms...

... industry. Specifically, this study tests the mediation effect of operational slack on the relationship between supplier concentration and R&D intensity and the moderation effect of financial constraints on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Drawing upon real options theory and resource...

... and the moderating role of customer structure and operational slack. Findings This paper finds that CSR decoupling is negatively associated with firms’ financial performance. These findings further suggest that the negative relationship can be suppressed by customer stability and operational slack, but amplified...

...Hugo K.S. Lam; Yuanzhu Zhan Purpose This study empirically investigates how supply chain finance (SCF) initiatives together with different firm capabilities and resources (i.e. information technology (IT) capability, operational slack and political connections) affect the financial risk of service...