2014 Aspirations & reference points

Who shall get more? How intangible assets and aspiration levels affect the valuation of resource providers

Gökhan Ertug, Fabrizio Castellucci

Strategic Organization

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Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
Performance Feedback, Slack, and The Timing of Acquisitions Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008
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
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
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard M. Cyert, James G. March · 1963
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011
Firm performance, rent appropriation, and the strategic resource divestment capability Thomas P. Moliterno, Margarethe F. Wiersema · 2007

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Aspiration Level Adaptation: An Empirical Exploration Theresa K. Lant · 1992
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
Getting What You Need: How Reputation and Status Affect Team Performance, Hiring, and Salaries in the NBA Gökhan Ertug, Fabrizio Castellucci · 2012
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
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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Getting What You Need: How Reputation and Status Affect Team Performance, Hiring, and Salaries in the NBA Gökhan Ertug, Fabrizio Castellucci · 2012

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Reputation and Decision Making under Ambiguity: A Study of U.S. Venture Capital Firms' Investments in the Emerging Clean Energy Sector Antoaneta P. Petkova et al. · 2013

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Goal Selection Internally and Externally: A Behavioral Theory of Institutionalization Henrich R. Greve, Daphne Teh · 2018

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

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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

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

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All Aspirations are not Created Equal: The Differential Effects of Historical and Social Aspirations on Acquisition Behavior Ji‐Yub Kim, Sydney Finkelstein, Jerayr Haleblian · 2014

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Status-Aspirational Pricing Noah Askin, Matthew S. Bothner · 2016

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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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How do managers decide on internationalization processes? The role of organizational slack and performance feedback Wenting Lin · 2013

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Structuring the situation: Organizational goals trigger and direct decision-making Henrich R. Greve · 2023

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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

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Short- and Long-Term Performance Feedback and Absorptive Capacity Chanan Ben-Oz, Henrich R. Greve · 2012

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Comparing Aspiration Models: The Role of Selective Attention Mark Washburn, Philip Bromiley · 2011

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New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective Beverly B. Tyler, Turanay Caner · 2015

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

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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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A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013

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

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

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

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Situational and institutional determinants of firms' R&D search intensity Weiru Chen, Kent D. Miller · 2007

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

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