Innovation in the aftermath of downsizing: evidence from the threat-rigidity perspective

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how job reductions affect product innovation and marketing innovation in a sample of 2,034 Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 2007–2014. Design/methodology/approach Poisson and logistic regression models with random effects were used to analyse the impact of downsizing on some innovation outcomes of firms. Findings The results of this research show that the stressful measure of job reductions...