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Capacity utilization 1,961 Kapazitätsauslastung 1,961 Theorie 695 Theory 694 Production capacity 415 Produktionskapazität 415 USA 197 United States 197 Estimation 192 Schätzung 192 Konjunktur 191 Business cycle 190 Potential output 166 Productivity 166 Produktionspotenzial 166 Produktivität 165 Industrie 153 Manufacturing industries 152 Deutschland 130 Germany 129 Firm performance 121 Unternehmensperformance 121 Kapazitätsplanung 113 Capacity planning 107 Investition 102 Investment 102 Airport 99 Flughafen 99 Bruttoinlandsprodukt 96 Gross domestic product 96 Linienverkehr 88 Scheduled transport 88 Innovation 81 Resource-based view 72 Ressourcenorientierter Ansatz 72 EU countries 71 EU-Staaten 71 Schock 70 Shock 70 Wirtschaftswachstum 70
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Article 1,183 Book / Working Paper 809 Journal 5
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Article in journal 1,033 Working paper 361 Book section 114 Proceedings 13 Case study 11 Government document 10 Statistics 6 Report 1
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English 1,819 German 133 French 23 Spanish 6 Undetermined 6 Portuguese 4 Italian 3 Latvian 1 Dutch 1 Norwegian 1 Polish 1 Slovak 1 Slovenian 1
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Lindlbauer, Jürg-Dieter 17 Basu, Susanto 16 Lima, Gilberto Tadeu 15 Gilchrist, Simon 14 Fernald, John G. 13 Williams, John C. 13 Willis, Jonathan L. 13 Kehoe, Patrick J. 12 Cette, Gilbert 11 Chari, Varadarajan V. 11 Lavoie, Marc 11 McGrattan, Ellen R. 11 Wen, Yi 11 Cooper, Russell W. 9 Graff, Michael 9 Kerstens, Kristiaan 9 Nikiforos, Michalis 9 Ruiz Tamarit, José Ramón 9 Setterfield, Mark 9 Flaig, Gebhard 8 Gahn, Santiago José 8 Morrison, Catherine J. 8 Acedo, Francisco J. 7 Baxter, Marianne 7 Guo, Jang-ting 7 Kimball, Miles S. 7 Morin, Norman 7 Moës, Philippe 7 Petach, Luke 7 Ray, Subhash C. 7 Tavani, Daniele 7 Trezzini, Attilio 7 Agrawal, Ajay 6 Bassi, Federico 6 Dalgaard, Carl-Johan 6 Dixon, Huw 6 Dueker, Michael 6 Dupaigne, Martial 6 Fischer, Andreas M. 6 Goldfarb, Avi 6
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National Bureau of Economic Research 31 International Energy Agency 11 Federal Reserve System / Board of Governors 5 Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 4 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 European Commission / Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs 3 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2 International Transport Forum 2 Monopolkommission 2 OECD / International Transport Forum 2 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica 2 Université catholique de Louvain / Institut de recherches économiques et sociales <1941-1960> 2 [Pontificia Universidade Católica de Rio de Janeiro], Departamento de Economia 2 Agentur für die Zusammenarbeit der Energieregulierungsbehörden 1 Analyse Auto BVBA <Antwerpen> 1 Aronis Drettas Karlaftis <Athen> 1 Australia / Dept. of National Development / Division of Industrial Development 1 Barnard College / Economics Department 1 Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung 1 Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie 1 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel / Institut für Weltwirtschaft 1 Deutschland / Bundesamt für Güterverkehr 1 Deutschland / Bundesministerium der Finanzen 1 Deutschland / Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie 1 Edward Elgar Publishing 1 Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam. 1 Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam 1 Eric Cuvillier <Firma> 1 Europäische Kommission 1 Europäische Kommission / Gemeinschaftliches Rahmenprogramm für Forschung und Technologische Entwicklung <1990-1994> 1 Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Wirtschaft und Finanzen 1 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago / Research Dept 1 Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City / Research Division 1 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis / Research Department 1 Federal Reserve System / Division of Research and Statistics 1 Frankreich / Conseil d'Analyse Economique 1 GITO Gesellschaft für Industrielle Informationstechnik und Organisation <Berlin> 1 Hessen / Hessisches Ministerium für Soziales und Integration 1 Lettland / Centrālā Statistikas Pārvalde 1 Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 1
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NBER working paper series 31 Applied economics 27 NBER Working Paper 27 Working paper / National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 24 European journal of operational research : EJOR 20 Journal of business research : JBR 19 Airport slots : international experiences and options for reform 18 Ifo-Schnelldienst 18 Europäische Wirtschaft <Luxembourg> / Beiheft B 16 Economics letters 13 Economic modelling 12 The American economic review 12 Journal of air transport management 11 Review of political economy 11 Structural change and economic dynamics : SC+ED 11 Working paper 11 CESifo working papers 10 Discussion paper 10 Energy economics 10 IEA Renewables Information Statistics 10 International journal of production economics 10 IMF working papers 9 Journal of economic dynamics & control 9 Metroeconomica : international review of economics 9 Transportation research / E : an international journal 9 Cambridge journal of economics 8 Finance and economics discussion series 8 Review of Keynesian economics 8 Staff report / Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 8 The B.E. journal of macroeconomics 8 International review of applied economics 7 Journal of monetary economics 6 Macroeconomic dynamics 6 Marine resource economics 6 Review of economic dynamics 6 Technology analysis & strategic management 6 Transportation science : a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 6 Working papers / Lancaster University Management School 6 Asia Pacific journal of management : APJM ; a publication of the Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore 5 Discussion paper / Centre for Economic Policy Research 5
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ECONIS (ZBW) 1,981 Other ZBW resources 8 RePEc 6 EconStor 2
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Ready, willing, and able? : bureaucratic capacity, slack resources and political control
Elston, Thomas; Zhang, Yuxi - 2025
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Capacity constraints and semisingular optimal controls in a predator-prey fishery
Bataille, Guillaume; Ruan, Weihua; Zou, Benteng - 2026
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Have we got news for you : theory and evidence on firms' optimal expected capacity utilization
Amberg, Niklas; Friberg, Richard; Liu, Xiang; Syverson, Chad - 2026
We use quarterly micro data on capacity utilization among Swedish manufacturing firms to show that idiosyncratic factors are more important than aggregate influences in explaining variation in capacity utilization across firms and over time. Idiosyncratic does not mean unpredictable, however. A...
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Labor productivity, effort and the euro-area business cycle
Lewis, Vivien; Villa, Stefania - 2026
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Labor productivity, effort and the Euro Area business cycle
Lewis, Vivien; Villa, Stefania - 2023
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The silence of the slacked : the negative side effect of slack on problemistic search
Nevmerzhytskyi, Sergii; Rowe, W. Glenn - 2026
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Why do subsidiaries divest? : the role of subsidiary performance, slack resources, and sunk costs
Lu-Jui, Chen; Wen-Ruey, Lee; Yu-Hsuan, Hsu - 2023
Subsidiaries are important in the global strategy of multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, in the face of uncertainty and competition, the decision to divest a subsidiary from a market becomes a critical decision for MNEs. This study suggests that the factors for divesting subsidiaries are...
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Slack resources and export intensity : new empirical evidence from Vietnam
Thi Thanh Binh Dinh; Tu Thuy Anh; Thi Mai Phuong Chu - 2023
The paper explored the effects of financial and human resource slacks on firms' export intensity. Using longitudinal data of Vietnamese firms with a random effect model, the study found that financial slack had an inverted-U shaped effect; meanwhile, human resource slack had no consistently...
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An efficient solution methodology for the airport slot allocation problem with preprocessing and column-and-row generation
Fermín Cueto, Paula; García, Sergio; Anjos, Miguel F. - 2025
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Does hospital capacity affect physicians' treatment pattern?
Tang, Yingqian; Noguchi, Haruko - 2025
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Estimating potential non-oil GDP in Azerbaijan
Yusibov, Avaz; Yusifzada, Tural; Ahmadov, Vugar - 2025
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The effects of sales changes on resource utilisation in the airline industry
Anderson, Mark; Lee, Joo Hyung; Mashruwala, Raj; Yu, Zhimin - 2025
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Synchronization and similarity between regional and sectoral output gaps in the Polish manufacturing industry
Błażej, Mirosław; Górajski, Mariusz; Ulrichs, Magdalena - 2025
The notion of the output gap is crucial in understanding underlying economic trends. The macroeconomic stabilization policy can only be effective for all sectors or regions of the economy if regional or sectoral output gaps are sufficiently coherent. This study proposes a new microeconometric...
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The founder as the microfoundation of slack resource and firms' R&D investment
Teng, Da; Li, Chengchun; Sun, Xiangdong; Tanna, Sailesh K. - 2025
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Shopping time and frictional goods markets : implications for the New-Keynesian model
Gantert, Konstantin - 2025
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Stochastic modelling and forecasting of wind capacity utilization with applications to risk management : the Australian case
Alfeus, Mesias; Mwampashi, Muthe M.; Nikitopoulos, … - 2025
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Firms' investment and capacity utilisation : the role of financial constraints and uncertainty
Mohades, Siavash; Piccillo, Giulia; Savona, Maria; … - 2025
This paper studies the role of capacity utilisation in explaining investment behaviour in Italian SMEs and large firms. We propose a framework in which firms with high capacity utilisation are more likely to invest in maintaining a buffer against future shocks. Using firm-level data from the...
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Corporate digital transformation and capacity utilization rate : the functionary path via technological innovation
Liu, Yang; Zhang, Hongyan; Gao, Xiang; Xie, Yanxiang - 2025
The rapid development of digital technology is reshaping the global economic landscape. However, its impact on firms' capacity utilization rate (CUR), particularly through technological innovation, remains unclear. This study investigates this issue by developing an endogenous growth model that...
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Excess capacity and demand-driven business cycles
Sun, Tiancheng - 2025
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Customer artificial intelligence, supply chain spillover effects, and supplier capacity utilization
Ma, Jia; Xie, Tingting - 2025
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Customer artificial intelligence, supply chain spillover effects, and supplier capacity utilization
Ma, Jia; Xie, Tingting - 2025
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Redirecting slack resources to social and environmental issues : a cross-cultural analysis of tourism firms post-crisis
Ibrahim, Mohamed Nageh; Ribeiro, Manuel Alector; Kimbu, … - 2025
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How does digitalization affect capacity utilization in the energy sector? : Evidence from China
Zheng, Xuemei; Zou, Fenju; Liu, Ziwei; Nepal, Rabindra - 2025
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Firms' investment & capacity utilisation : the role of financial constraints and uncertainty
Mohades, Siavash; Piccillo, Giulia; Savona, Maria; … - 2025
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Enterprise digitalization, organizational slack, and green innovation
Liu, Min; Huang, Xiang; Wang, Peicheng; Liao, Yuting - 2025
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Capacity use and booking trends in European natural gas markets : 2025 monitoring report
2025
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Supply Chain Constraints and Inflation
Comin, Diego; Johnson, Robert C.; Jones, Callum - 2025
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Quantifying the allocative efficiency of capital : the role of capital utilization
Kabir, Poorya; Tan, Eugene; Vardishvili, Ia - 2025
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Using digital technology to approach internationalisation : a capability threshold perspective
Wang, Cizhi; Sun, Zhongjuan; Feng, Jialin; Fan, Hejun - 2025
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Influence of proactive ESG strategies, slack resources, and collective brain on ESG disclosure and firm value in Japanese companies
Sekimoto, Takashi; Azlan Amran - 2025
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Family slack : a catalyst for resilience and digital transformation in family businesses
Daskalopoulos, Efthymios Timos; Machek, Ondřej - 2025
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Turnaround or crisis : digital transformation and enterprise financial distress in economic downturns? : the moderating effects of slack resources
Zhuang, Tingting; Zhang, Yuque - 2025
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Effectuation and co-creation in social enterprises : examining the relationship in the context of uncertainty
Masilamani, Vijayabaskar; Budumuru, Usha Rani; Yang, … - 2025
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CSR portfolio complexity and firm performance : assessing the moderating effects of slack resources
Turner, Kyle; Lee, Joohun - 2022
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Governing the Responsible Investment of Slack Resources in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance: How Beneficial are CSR Committees?
Heubeck, Tim; Ahrens, Annina - 2024
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Dynamic resource management and slack resources
Agustí-Perez, María; Aguilar-Caro, Rocio; Galán, … - 2024
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Incorporation of endogenous exit capacities in node models with various movement exit speeds
Gong, Xiaolin; Raadsen, Mark P. H.; Bliemer, Michiel C. J. - 2024
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Impact of capacity underutilization of milk processing plants on employment multipliers
Kanire, Ezekiel; Msuya, Elibariki Emmanuel; Alphonce, … - 2024
The investigation into the employment-generating capacity of industries has captured the interest of numerous scholars on a global scale. However, there is a paucity of literature on the impact of the capacity underutilization of dairy processing plants (DPPs) on employment multipliers. This...
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Critical globalisation : productive capacity and capital productivity in the United States : 1945-2020
Pérez-Montiel, José A.; Manera, Carles; Navinés i … - 2024
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A global race to the bottom : the neo-Goodwinian aggregative-systems estimation of income distribution and capacity utilization interactions
Vechsuruck, Tanadej - 2024
The neoliberal reforms since the 1980s have resulted in rapid globalization paralleled by worsening income distribution. In this paper, I first show that most countries worldwide (58 of 81) have experienced a decline in the labor share of income, or the wage share, during 1950-2019. Second, I...
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Does board composition matter for innovation? : a longitudinal study of the organizational slack-innovation relationship in Nasdaq-100 companies
Heubeck, Tim; Meckl, Reinhard - 2024
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Internationalization rhythm and innovation performance : the effects of internationalization speed, organizational slack, and competitive intensity
Fu, Yanan; Wu, Xiaobo; Wang, Zhen - 2024
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Human capital accumulation and output growth in demand-led macrodynamics
Lima, Gilberto Tadeu; Carvalho, Laura; Serra, Gustavo … - 2024
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Enterprise digital development and capacity utilization
Ma, Hui; Chen, Shenglan; Liu, Xiaoling - 2024
Purpose To enrich the research on the economic consequences of enterprise digital development from the perspective of capacity utilization. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of listed firms from 2010 to 2020, this paper exploits text analysis of annual reports to construct a proxy for...
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Demand regimes and the business-cycle : feedback effects between capacity utilization and income distribution taking into account overhead labor : SVAR-estimates for Germany (2007 - 2021)
Hansen, Mads R. - 2024
In this paper, Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) models of quarterly data between 2007 and 2021 are estimated to assess short-term regimes of aggregate demand and distribution in Germany. The obtained Impulse Response Functions (IRFs) of the conventional neo-Goodwinian baseline case, with...
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Estimating Bosnia and Herzegovina's industrial capacity utilization rate
Imamović, Tarik - 2024
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Measuring the unmeasurable: unraveling the complexities of real-time output gap estimation
Pulido-Mahecha, Karen L.; Ángel, Sergio Restrepo-; … - 2024
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A post-Kaleckian econometric analysis of interest rates, income distribution, capacity utilization, accumulation and profit rates : the case of Italy
Kurt, Ozan Ekin - 2024
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of interest rates on rates of capacity utilization, capital accumulation and profit in Italy within a post-Kaleckian theoretical framework. The model employed in the analysis, which was developed by Hein/Schoder (2011), is based on monetary-...
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Estimating the output gap in times of COVID-19
Durand, Luigi; Fornero, Jorge - 2024
We extend a standard multivariate filter used to estimate the Output Gap (OG) in Chile to account for large economic shocks, such as those observed during the COVID-19 crisis. We propose two methodological extensions. First, we introduce exogenous supply shocks in the dynamics of potential...
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Dynamic resource management and slack resources
Agustí-Perez, María; Aguilar-Caro, Rocio; Galán … - 2024
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Distinguishing useful and wasteful slack
Bogetoft Pedersen, Peter; Kerstens, Pieter Jan - 2024
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Reforming capacity markets : how to incorporate the flexibility of residential consumers?
Apostolopoulou, Dimitra; Poudineh, Rahmatallah - 2024
This paper analyses capacity markets and proposes an approach to incorporate the flexibility of residential consumers in these markets considering reliability as a differentiated product. We introduce and assess the potential of non-linear pricing schemes, specifically priority pricing...
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