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Innovators and imitators: Organizational reference groups and adoption of organizational routines

Silvia Massini, Arie Y. Lewin, Henrich R. Greve

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References 8

Interorganizational Learning and Heterogeneous Social Structure Henrich R. Greve · 2005
Aspiration-Level Adaptation in an American Financial Services Organization: A Field Study Stephen J. Mezias, Ya-Ru Chen, Patrice Murphy · 2002
Aspiration Level Adaptation: An Empirical Exploration Theresa K. Lant · 1992
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
CORPORATE RISK-RETURN RELATIONS: RETURNS VARIABILITY VERSUS DOWNSIDE RISK. Kent D. Miller, Michael J. Leiblein · 1996
Richard M. Cyert & James G. March, A Behavioral Theory of The Firm, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963, 332 s. Erik Johnsen · 1964
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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