2008 Foundations

Constrained Growth: How Experience, Legitimacy, and Age Influence Risk Taking in Organizations

Vinit M. Desai

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Toward a Model of Risk in Declining Organizations: An Empirical Examination of Risk, Performance and Decline Robert M. Wiseman, Philip Bromiley · 1996
Sticky Aspirations: Organizational Time Perspective and Competitiveness Henrich R. Greve · 2002
Investment and the behavioral theory of the firm: evidence from shipbuilding Henrich R. Greve · 2003
VARIABLE ORGANIZATIONAL RISK PREFERENCES: TESTS OF THE MARCH-SHAPIRA MODEL. Kent D. Miller, Weiru Chen · 2004
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard M. Cyert, James G. March · 1963
A Contingency Model of Response to Performance Feedback Theresa K. Lant, Amy E. Hurley‐Hanson · 1999
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Antecedents and Consequences of Organizational Change: ‘Institutionalizing’ the Behavioral Theory of the Firm Filippo Carlo Wezel, Ayse Saka‐Helmhout · 2006

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The Role of Volition in Organizational Learning: The Case of Automotive Product Recalls Pamela R. Haunschild, Mooweon Rhee · 2004
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964
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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Strategic Responses to Poor Organizational Performance: A Test of Competing Perspectives David J. Ketchen, Timothy B. Palmer · 1999

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