2021 Aspirations & reference points

Negative performance feedback and firm cooperation: How multiple upward social comparisons affect firm cooperative R&D

David Diwei Lv, Hang Zhu, Weihong Chen, Hailin Lan

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Self‐Assessment versus Self‐Improvement Motives: How Does Social Reference Group Selection Influence Organizational Responses to Performance Feedback? Daniela Blettner, Serhan Kotiloglu, Thomas Lechler · 2023
How do aspirations work? Financial performance shortfalls and firms' green innovation Jing Zhao, Xiyun Cheng, Jintong Guo · 2025

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New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective Beverly B. Tyler, Turanay Caner · 2015
When do firms change technology‐sourcing vehicles? The role of poor innovative performance and financial slack Razvan Lungeanu, Ithai Stern, Edward J. Zajac · 2015
Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
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
Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback Alexander Jordan, Pino G. Audia · 2012
Long–Term Orientation in Publicly Traded Family Businesses: Evidence of a Dominant Logic Richard J. Gentry, Clay Dibrell, Jaemin Kim · 2014
Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007

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Business Group Affiliation and Firm Search Behavior in India: Responsiveness and Focus of Attention Balagopal Vissa, Henrich R. Greve, Weiru Chen · 2009
Disentangling Risk and Change Aleksandra Kacperczyk, Christine M. Beckman, Thomas P. Moliterno · 2014
Crowdsourcing As a Solution to Distant Search Allan Afuah, Christopher L. Tucci · 2012
Contradictory yet Coherent? Inconsistency in Performance Feedback and R&D Investment Change Gerardus J. M. Lucas, Joris Knoben, Marius T.H. Meeus · 2015
Board reform versus profits: The impact of ratings on the adoption of governance practices Timothy J. Rowley, Andrew V. Shipilov, Henrich R. Greve · 2016
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
Entering new markets: The effect of performance feedback near aspiration and well below and above it Ohad Ref, Zur Shapira · 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
Performance feedback and middle managers’ divergent strategic behavior: The roles of social comparisons and organizational identification Murat Tarakci et al. · 2017
Deviant versus Aspirational Risk Taking: The Effects of Performance Feedback on Bribery Expenditure and R&D Intensity Dean Xu, Kevin Zheng Zhou, Fei Du · 2018
Is all publicity good publicity? The impact of direct and indirect media pressure on the adoption of governance practices Andrew V. Shipilov, Henrich R. Greve, Timothy J. Rowley · 2019
A behavioral theory of alliance portfolio reconfiguration: Evidence from pharmaceutical biotechnology Korcan Kavuşan, Hans T. W. Frankort · 2019
Motivation and Ability? A Behavioral Perspective on the Pursuit of Radical Invention in Multi-Technology Incumbents J. P. Eggers, Aseem Kaul · 2017
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964

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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

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Multiple performance pressure inconsistency, resource slack, and the firm’s R&D investment: A behavioral agency theory perspective David Diwei Lv, Weihong Chen, Hailin Lan · 2022

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Self‐Assessment versus Self‐Improvement Motives: How Does Social Reference Group Selection Influence Organizational Responses to Performance Feedback? Daniela Blettner, Serhan Kotiloglu, Thomas Lechler · 2023

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Performance feedback and firms’ strategic actions: a cross-national meta-analysis Shan Xue, Honghui Chen, Jintao Wu · 2023

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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

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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

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Social Comparison Inside Business Groups and Strategic Change: Evidence from Group‐affiliated Chinese Firms Pengcheng Ma, Lin Cui, Dean Xu · 2023

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How Mixed Performance Feedback Shapes Exploration: The Moderating Role of Self-Enhancement Franziska Lauenstein, Daniel Newark, Oliver Baumann · 2024

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

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Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search Yang Ye, Wei Yu, Robert S. Nason · 2020

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2021

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(In)Consistent Performance Feedback and the Locus of Search Thomas Keil et al. · 2023

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Problem-Solving or Self-Enhancing? Influences of Diversification and Bright Spot on Corporate Resource Allocation Responses to Performance Shortfalls Elizabeth Lim, Pino G. Audia · 2020

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Performance Shortfall, Feedback Interpretation and R&D Search: The Differential Effects of Peers’ Performance Below Historical and Social Aspirations Lakshmi Goyal, Vikas Goyal · 2022

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Performance, Aspirations, and Market Versus Nonmarket Investment Bruce C. Rudy, Andrew F. Johnson · 2013

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Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search Yang Ye, Wei Yu, Robert S. Nason · 2020

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Biased interpretation of performance feedback: The role of CEO overconfidence Christian Schumacher, Steffen Keck, Wenjie Tang · 2020

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Striving toward the future: aspiration—performance discrepancies and planned organizational change Giuseppe Labianca et al. · 2009

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Positional rigidity: low performance and resource acquisition in large and small firms Henrich R. Greve · 2010

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Deviant versus Aspirational Risk Taking: The Effects of Performance Feedback on Bribery Expenditure and R&D Intensity Dean Xu, Kevin Zheng Zhou, Fei Du · 2018

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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

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Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review Serhan Kotiloglu, Yan Chen, Thomas Lechler · 2019

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Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation Jared D. Harris, Philip Bromiley · 2007

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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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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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Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007

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

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

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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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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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