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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Argilés Bosch, Josep M. author García Blandón, Josep author Martínez Blasco, Mònica author 2020-02-20T09:00:14Z 2020-02-20T09:00:14Z 2016 2020-02-20T09:00:14Z This paper undertakes an empirical analysis of the impact of absorbed and unabsorbed slack, employing three different measures for each slack type, on firm profitability. We find that unabsorbed slack has a more favorable influence on future firm profitability than absorbed slack. While all the absorbed slack indicators have a significant negative influence on future profitability, the three unabsorbed slack indicators present positive, negative, and non-significant influences, respectively. The fewer constraints of unabsorbed slack on the redeployment to exploit new opportunities point to its comparative advantage over absorbed slack. We find evidence for the differential impact of absorbed versus unabsorbed slack on profitability in firms with lower levels of slack, which suggests firms prefer to withdraw resources from current business and redeploy them to develop new and more favorable business opportunities. Gestió de la rendibilitat Assignació de recursos Estudis de mercat Reorganització d'empreses Organització del treball Revenue management Resource allocation Market surveys Corporate reorganizations Methods engineering The impact of absorbed and unabsorbed slack on firm profitability: Implications for resource redeployment