2023 Aspirations & reference points

Pioneering excellence or fleeing mediocracy? Why venture capital firms internationalize

Harald Kollmann, Jakob Müllner, Jonas Puck

Global Strategy Journal

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A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
How do managers decide on internationalization processes? The role of organizational slack and performance feedback Wenting Lin · 2013
Investment and the behavioral theory of the firm: evidence from shipbuilding Henrich R. Greve · 2003
How Firm Performance Affects Internationalization Jae C. Jung, Pratima Bansal · 2009
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006
Disentangling Risk and Change Aleksandra Kacperczyk, Christine M. Beckman, Thomas P. Moliterno · 2014
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
Entering new markets: The effect of performance feedback near aspiration and well below and above it Ohad Ref, Zur Shapira · 2016

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Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review Serhan Kotiloglu, Yan Chen, Thomas Lechler · 2019
Back to basics: Behavioral theory and internationalization Irina Surdu, Henrich R. Greve, Gabriel R.G. Benito · 2020
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2021
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964

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Foreign Market Investment as a Locus of Response to Adverse Performance Majid Abdi, Liang Wang · 2024

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Performance feedback and international business research: A review and future directions Andrea Martínez‐Noya, Ana Valdés-Llaneza · 2025

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

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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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Profitability and CSR: Inconsistent performance feedback and OFDI location choices for firms in emerging countries Cong Cheng, L. S. Chen · 2025

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

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Inconsistent performance feedback and firm internationalization: Can CEOs remove the haze? Anita Kerai, Nycil George · 2025

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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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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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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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Unfinished business: integrating individual decision-makers' experience and incentives to organizational performance feedback theory Daniela Blettner, Serhan Kotiloglu, Thomas Lechler · 2023

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A behavioral theory of Leviathan Inc: State firms’ responses to performance shortfalls Zhiyan Wu, Ronald Klingebiel · 2024

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

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Goal Hierarchies: Understanding Sub‐Goal and Primary Goal Interdependency Xavier Sobrepere i Profitós, Henrich R. Greve · 2025

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Signposts for Problemistic Search: Reference Points and Adaptation in Rugged Landscapes Axel Zeijen, Manuel Romagnoli, Luigi Marengo · 2025

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The Two Blades of the Scissors: Performance Feedback and Intrinsic Attributes in Organizational Risk Taking Xavier Sobrepere i Profitós, Thomas Keil, Pasi Kuusela · 2022

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Is LGBT inclusion motivated by organizational performance? Exploring the relationships between performance feedback and LGBT inclusion in firms Serhan Kotiloglu, Aaron T. McDonald · 2023

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

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Motivation and Ability: Unpacking Underperforming Firms’ Risk Taking Ohad Ref et al. · 2024

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Technological choices under uncertainty: Does organizational aspiration matter? John Qi Dong · 2020

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