2023 Aspirations & reference points

How historical and social aspirations reshape the relationship between corporate financial performance and corporate social responsibility

Charalampos Saridakis, Sofia Angelidou, Arch G. Woodside

Journal of Business Research

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New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective Beverly B. Tyler, Turanay Caner · 2015
A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
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
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
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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The Influence of Acquisition Experience and Performance on Acquisition Behavior: Evidence From the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry Jerayr Haleblian, Ji‐Yub Kim, Nandini Rajagopalan · 2006
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006
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
Performance, Aspirations, and Market Versus Nonmarket Investment Bruce C. Rudy, Andrew F. Johnson · 2013
Comparing Aspiration Models: The Role of Selective Attention Mark Washburn, Philip Bromiley · 2011
Adaptive aspirations: performance consequences of risk preferences at extremes and alternative reference groups Songcui Hu, Daniela Blettner, Richard A. Bettis · 2011
Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation Jared D. Harris, Philip Bromiley · 2007
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
Organizational Structure and Performance Feedback: Centralization, Aspirations, and Termination Decisions John Joseph, Ronald Klingebiel, Alex James Wilson · 2016
Entering new markets: The effect of performance feedback near aspiration and well below and above it Ohad Ref, Zur Shapira · 2016
A behavioral theory of alliance portfolio reconfiguration: Evidence from pharmaceutical biotechnology Korcan Kavuşan, Hans T. W. Frankort · 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
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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