2026 Aspirations & reference points

Calling It Quits: A Behavioral Perspective on Exploration and Exploitation in R&D Project Termination

Fei Li, Matthew Semadeni, Tyson R. Browning

Journal of Operations Management

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Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008
Perspective—Neo-Carnegie: The Carnegie School’s Past, Present, and Reconstructing for the Future Giovanni Gavetti, Daniel A. Levinthal, William Ocasio · 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
Multiple Organization Goals with Feedback from Shared Technological Task Environments Songcui Hu, Richard A. Bettis · 2018

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Motivation and Ability? A Behavioral Perspective on the Pursuit of Radical Invention in Multi-Technology Incumbents J. P. Eggers, Aseem Kaul · 2017
Aspirations, innovation, and corporate venture capital: A behavioral perspective Vibha Gaba, Shantanu Bhattacharya · 2012
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012

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