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Slack Variability

Slack Variability is a metric within the field of project management and operations research that quantifies the degree of allowable time fluctuation in non-critical path activities of a project schedule, distinguishing it from other schedule stability measures by specifically capturing temporal flexibility in task execution under uncertainty.

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2017–2026

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Performance, Slack, and Risk Taking in Organizational Decision Making

Jitendra V. Singh · Academy of Management Journal · 1986 · 158 citations

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Surprising supply chain disruptions: Mitigation effects of operational slack and supply redundancy

Arash Azadegan, Sachin B. Modi, Lorenzo Lucianetti · International Journal of Production Economics · 2021 · 73 citations

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How young companies can effectively manage their slack resources over time to ensure sales growth: the contingent role of value-based selling

Ad de Jong, Nicolas Zacharias, Edwin J. Nijssen · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science · 2020 · 51 citations · Full text

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Managing sales surprise: The role of operational slack and volume flexibility

Andrew Manikas, Pankaj C. Patel · International Journal of Production Economics · 2016 · 34 citations

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The Effect of Top Tether Strap Configurations on Child Restraint Performance

France Legault, Bill Gardner, Alex Vincent · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series · 1997 · 15 citations

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Authors

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  1. PC
    Pankaj C. Patel

    Villanova University, United States

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  2. LL
    Lorenzo Lucianetti

    University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy

    1 publications · 73 citations

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  3. AV
    Alex Vincent

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. AD
    Ad de Jong

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    1 publications · 51 citations

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  5. SB
    Sachin B. Modi

    University of Toledo, United States

    1 publications · 73 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Villanova University

    Radnor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  2. Wayne State University

    Detroit, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

  3. University of Louisville

    Louisville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  4. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

    Halle, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    158 citations

  6. University of Chieti-Pescara

    Chieti, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

  7. Transport Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  8. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

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  1. International Journal of Production Economics

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  2. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 1 publications · 158 citations

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  3. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

    1 publications · 51 citations

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  5. Technovation

    1 publications · 13 citations

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