2025 Aspirations & reference points

Absolute, average‐based, and rank‐based aspirations

Jerker Denrell, Axel Zeijen, Manuel Romagnoli, Luigi Marengo

Strategic Management Journal

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A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
Sticky Aspirations: Organizational Time Perspective and Competitiveness Henrich R. Greve · 2002
The Paradox of Stretch Goals: Organizations in Pursuit of the Seemingly Impossible Sim B. Sitkin et al. · 2011
Variable risk preferences and adaptive aspirations James G. March · 1988
Adaptive aspirations: performance consequences of risk preferences at extremes and alternative reference groups Songcui Hu, Daniela Blettner, Richard A. Bettis · 2011
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964
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

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Technological choices under uncertainty: Does organizational aspiration matter? John Qi Dong · 2020
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2021
Signposts for Problemistic Search: Reference Points and Adaptation in Rugged Landscapes Axel Zeijen, Manuel Romagnoli, Luigi Marengo · 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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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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Organization Design: Current Insights and Future Research Directions John Joseph, Metin Sengul · 2024

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

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

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How Do Performance Goals Influence Exploration-Exploitation Choices? Marlo Raveendran et al. · 2023

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Pick Up the Slack Oliver Baumann, Stefano Benincasa · 2024

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Aspiration formation and attention rules Luca Berchicci, Murat Tarakci · 2021

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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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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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Modelling Bounded Rationality in Organizations: Progress and Prospects Phanish Puranam et al. · 2015

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Adaptive aspirations and performance heterogeneity: Attention allocation among multiple reference points Daniela Blettner et al. · 2014

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Editorial: Decision making and problem solving in organizations: assessing and expanding the Carnegie perspective Pino G. Audia, Daniella Laureiro Martinez, Daniel Newark · 2024

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

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The role of performance feedback consistency in aspiration level adaptation: Evidence from a European grocery retailer Burak Cem Konduk · 2019

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From One Empirical Study to 150 Henrich R. Greve · 2021

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A behavioral theory of alliance portfolio reconfiguration: Evidence from pharmaceutical biotechnology Korcan Kavuşan, Hans T. W. Frankort · 2019

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Perspective—Neo-Carnegie: The Carnegie School’s Past, Present, and Reconstructing for the Future Giovanni Gavetti, Daniel A. Levinthal, William Ocasio · 2007

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