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A Behavioral Model of Innovative Search: Evidence from Public Hospital Services

Torsten Oliver Salge

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

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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
Innovators and imitators: Organizational reference groups and adoption of organizational routines Silvia Massini, Arie Y. Lewin, Henrich R. Greve · 2005
A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: 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

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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
Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007
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
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
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
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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