2009 Aspirations & reference points

Business Group Affiliation and Firm Search Behavior in India: Responsiveness and Focus of Attention

Balagopal Vissa, Henrich R. Greve, Weiru Chen

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Reciprocity and R&D search: Applying the behavioral theory of the firm to a communitarian context Jonathan O’Brien, Parthiban David · 2013
Adaptive aspirations and performance heterogeneity: Attention allocation among multiple reference points Daniela Blettner et al. · 2014
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The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
The Prince and the Pauper: Search and Brokerage in the Initiation of Status-Heterophilous Ties Andrew V. Shipilov, Stan Xiao Li, Henrich R. Greve · 2010
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011
R&D Investment in the Global Paper Products Industry: A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and National Culture Perspective Krista B. Lewellyn, Shuji ‘Rosey’ Bao · 2015

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Performance Feedback and Firm Risk Taking: The Moderating Effects of CEO and Outside Director Stock Options Elizabeth Lim, Brian T. McCann · 2013
Disentangling Risk and Change Aleksandra Kacperczyk, Christine M. Beckman, Thomas P. Moliterno · 2014
Looking Backward Instead of Forward: Aspiration-Driven Influences on the Efficiency of the Capital Allocation Process Mathias Arrfelt, Robert M. Wiseman, G. Tomas M. Hult · 2012
Contradictory yet Coherent? Inconsistency in Performance Feedback and R&D Investment Change Gerardus J. M. Lucas, Joris Knoben, Marius T.H. Meeus · 2015
Unpacking experience effects in developing novel products for new markets Ha Hoang, Hakan Ener · 2015
Organizational Structure and Performance Feedback: Centralization, Aspirations, and Termination Decisions John Joseph, Ronald Klingebiel, Alex James Wilson · 2016
Managerial Risk Taking Robert E. Hoskisson et al. · 2016
Conflict inside and outside: Social comparisons and attention shifts in multidivisional firms Songcui Hu et al. · 2016
Better Safe Than Sorry: Subsidiary Performance Feedback and Internal Governance in Multiunit Firms Metin Sengul, Tomasz Obłój · 2017
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
Microfoundations of firm internationalization: The owner CEO effect Raveendra Chittoor, Preet S. Aulakh, Sougata Ray · 2017
Goal Selection Internally and Externally: A Behavioral Theory of Institutionalization Henrich R. Greve, Daphne Teh · 2018
Behavioral Theory of the Firm Henrich R. Greve · 2013
Performance Feedback in Hierarchical Business Groups: The Cross-Level Effects of Cognitive Accessibility on R&D Search Behavior Luke Rhee, William Ocasio, Tae-Hyun Kim · 2019
How negative aspiration performance gaps affect innovation efficiency Montserrat Manzaneque Lizano et al. · 2018
Contradictory information or informative contradiction?: The influence of inconsistent performance feedback on the decision to invest in innovation G.J.M. Lucas · 2014
How does inconsistent negative performance feedback affect the R&D investments of firms? A study of publicly listed firms David Diwei Lv et al. · 2019
The behavioral theory of the (community‐oriented) firm: The differing response of community‐oriented firms to performance relative to aspirations Stephen Smulowitz, Horacio Enrique Rousseau, Philip Bromiley · 2020
Biased interpretation of performance feedback: The role of CEO overconfidence Christian Schumacher, Steffen Keck, Wenjie Tang · 2020
Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search Yang Ye, Wei Yu, Robert S. Nason · 2020
The role of top management teams in firm responses to performance shortfalls Kalin D. Kolev, Gerry McNamara · 2022
Organizational Learning Processes and Outcomes: Major Findings and Future Research Directions Linda Argote, Sunkee Lee, Jisoo Park · 2020
Negative performance feedback and firm cooperation: How multiple upward social comparisons affect firm cooperative R&D David Diwei Lv et al. · 2021
Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012
Performance Shortfall, Feedback Interpretation and R&D Search: The Differential Effects of Peers’ Performance Below Historical and Social Aspirations Lakshmi Goyal, Vikas Goyal · 2022
Problemistic Search of the Embedded Firm: The Joint Effects of Performance Feedback and Network Positions on Venture Capital Firms’ Risk Taking Songcui Hu, Qian Gu, Jun Xia · 2021
From One Empirical Study to 150 Henrich R. Greve · 2021
The Role of Attribution in Learning from Performance Feedback: Behavioral Perspective on the Choice between Alliances and Acquisitions Jaemin Lee, Joon Mahn Lee, Ji‐Yub Kim · 2021
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
Prior Experience of Managers and Maladaptive Responses to Performance Feedback: Evidence from Mutual Funds Vibha Gaba et al. · 2022
How the ghosts of past experience haunt problemistic search Joseph J. Cabral, Dinesh N. Iyer, Jonathan O’Brien · 2023
Performance feedback and firms’ strategic actions: a cross-national meta-analysis Shan Xue, Honghui Chen, Jintao Wu · 2023
60th birthday of ‘A Behavioral Theory of the Firm’: a review of the relational concepts and recommendations for future research Moritz Hagen, Wenjia Su, Sebastian Junge · 2023
Feedback persistence matters! Uncovering the varying effects of success and failure persistence on firm risk-taking Lakshmi Goyal, Vikas Goyal · 2023
Social Comparison Inside Business Groups and Strategic Change: Evidence from Group‐affiliated Chinese Firms Pengcheng Ma, Lin Cui, Dean Xu · 2023
Content and process: organizational conflict and decision making Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2023
Sociopolitical and financial goals in state-owned manufacturers' expansion of production capacity: evidence from China Renfei Gao et al. · 2024
Balancing Multiple Goals: The Effects of Performance Shortfalls Relative to Aspirations vs. Analysts' Earnings Forecasts Elizabeth Lim · 2024
A behavioral theory of Leviathan Inc: State firms’ responses to performance shortfalls Zhiyan Wu, Ronald Klingebiel · 2024
Organization Design: Current Insights and Future Research Directions John Joseph, Metin Sengul · 2024
Foreign Market Investment as a Locus of Response to Adverse Performance Majid Abdi, Liang Wang · 2024
Institutional History, Negative Performance Feedback, and R&D Search: A Nexus of the Imprinting and Behavioral Perspectives Lakshmi Goyal · 2025
Attention to market expansion: Aspirational antecedent and risk-taking consequence Renfei Gao et al. · 2025
The silence of the slacked: The negative side effect of slack on problemistic search Sergii Nevmerzhytskyi, W. Glenn Rowe · 2025
High flying adored: How CEO narcissism influences firms' responses to above-aspiration performance with risky organizational change Korcan Kavuşan et al. · 2025
Change or stability? A meta-analysis of organizational responses to social and historical performance feedback Stefan Breet, Pursey Heugens, Anna Nadolska · 2025
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References 13

Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
Toward a Model of Risk in Declining Organizations: An Empirical Examination of Risk, Performance and Decline Robert M. Wiseman, Philip Bromiley · 1996
Situational and institutional determinants of firms' R&D search intensity Weiru Chen, Kent D. Miller · 2007
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Investment and the behavioral theory of the firm: evidence from shipbuilding Henrich R. Greve · 2003
VARIABLE ORGANIZATIONAL RISK PREFERENCES: TESTS OF THE MARCH-SHAPIRA MODEL. Kent D. Miller, Weiru Chen · 2004
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard M. Cyert, James G. March · 1963
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006

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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007
Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008
Perspective—Neo-Carnegie: The Carnegie School’s Past, Present, and Reconstructing for the Future Giovanni Gavetti, Daniel A. Levinthal, William Ocasio · 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

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The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012

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The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012

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Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Applications Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Conclusion Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Model Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Advanced topics Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Foundations Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Introduction Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008

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Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011

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A Behavioral Model of Innovative Search: Evidence from Public Hospital Services Torsten Oliver Salge · 2010

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A Behavioral Perspective on Attention Allocation Among Multiple Goals: An Exploratory Examination of the Automotive Industry Songcui Hu · 2012

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Constrained Growth: How Experience, Legitimacy, and Age Influence Risk Taking in Organizations Vinit M. Desai · 2008

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'Exploration and exploitation in product innovation' Henrich R. Greve · 2007

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Behavioral Theory of the Firm Henrich R. Greve · 2013

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A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008

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Momentum and Organizational Risk Taking: Evidence from the National Football League David W. Lehman, Jungpil Hahn · 2012

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Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998

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A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006

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Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005

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The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012

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VARIABLE ORGANIZATIONAL RISK PREFERENCES: TESTS OF THE MARCH-SHAPIRA MODEL. Kent D. Miller, Weiru Chen · 2004

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Driven by aspirations, but in what direction? Performance shortfalls, slack resources, and resource‐consuming vs. resource‐freeing organizational change Pasi Kuusela, Thomas Keil, Markku Maula · 2016

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Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback Alexander Jordan, Pino G. Audia · 2012

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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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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007

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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964

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A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008

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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964

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Performance Feedback, Slack, and The Timing of Acquisitions Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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