2025 Aspirations & reference points

The Mixed Gamble of Competitive Dynamics in Family‐Controlled Firms

Jaeyoung Cho, Alfredo De Massis, Josip Kotlar

Journal of Management Studies

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Risk abatement as a strategy for R&D investments in family firms Pankaj C. Patel, James J. Chrisman · 2013
Performance Feedback, Slack, and The Timing of Acquisitions Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008
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Variations in R&D Investments of Family and Nonfamily Firms: Behavioral Agency and Myopic Loss Aversion Perspectives James J. Chrisman, Pankaj C. Patel · 2012
Executive Stock Options as Mixed Gambles: Revisiting the Behavioral Agency Model Geoffrey Martin, Luis R. Gómez‐Mejía, Robert M. Wiseman · 2013
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The mixed gamble of internationalization in family and nonfamily firms: The moderating role of organizational slack Todd M. Alessandri, Daniele Cerrato, Kimberly Eddleston · 2018
Firm Acquisitions by Family Firms: A Mixed Gamble Approach Katrin Hussinger, Abdul-Basit Issah · 2019
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008
Acquisition Relatedness in Family Firms: Do the Environment and the Institutional Context Matter? Michele Pinelli et al. · 2024

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The mixed gamble of internationalization in family and nonfamily firms: The moderating role of organizational slack Todd M. Alessandri, Daniele Cerrato, Kimberly Eddleston · 2018

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Risk abatement as a strategy for R&D investments in family firms Pankaj C. Patel, James J. Chrisman · 2013

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Profitability Goals, Control Goals, and the R&D Investment Decisions of Family and Nonfamily Firms Josip Kotlar et al. · 2014

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