2015 Aspirations & reference points

Adding by Subtracting: The Relationship Between Performance Feedback and Resource Reconfiguration Through Divestitures

Elena Vidal, Will Mitchell

Organization Science

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Positional rigidity: low performance and resource acquisition in large and small firms Henrich R. Greve · 2010
Firm performance, rent appropriation, and the strategic resource divestment capability Thomas P. Moliterno, Margarethe F. Wiersema · 2007
A Behavioral Theory of Market Expansion Based on the Opportunity Prospects Rule Ilídio Barreto · 2011
Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007
Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation Jared D. Harris, Philip Bromiley · 2007
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964
Richard M. Cyert & James G. March, A Behavioral Theory of The Firm, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963, 332 s. Erik Johnsen · 1964

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Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012

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