2003 Foundations

Investment and the behavioral theory of the firm: evidence from shipbuilding

Henrich R. Greve

Industrial and Corporate Change

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Toward a Model of Risk in Declining Organizations: An Empirical Examination of Risk, Performance and Decline Robert M. Wiseman, Philip Bromiley · 1996
Sticky Aspirations: Organizational Time Perspective and Competitiveness Henrich R. Greve · 2002
Variable risk preferences and adaptive aspirations James G. March · 1988
Aspiration Adaptation Theory Reinhard Selten · 1998
The Effect of Core Change on Performance: Inertia and Regression toward the Mean Henrich R. Greve · 1999
Aspiration Level Adaptation: An Empirical Exploration Theresa K. Lant · 1992
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998

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