2012 Foundations

Firm performance and aspiration levels as determinants of a firm’s strategic repositioning within strategic group structures

Markus Schimmer, Matthias Brauer

Strategic Organization

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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
Situational and institutional determinants of firms' R&D search intensity Weiru Chen, Kent D. Miller · 2007
A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006
Antecedents of Convergence and Divergence in Strategic Positioning: The Effects of Performance and Aspiration on the Direction of Strategic Change Kyung Min Park · 2007
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Kenneth E. Boulding, Richard M. Cyert, James G. March · 1964

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Strategic Responses to Poor Organizational Performance: A Test of Competing Perspectives David J. Ketchen, Timothy B. Palmer · 1999

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Antecedents of Convergence and Divergence in Strategic Positioning: The Effects of Performance and Aspiration on the Direction of Strategic Change Kyung Min Park · 2007

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Conclusion Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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