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Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation

Jared D. Harris, Philip Bromiley

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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
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003
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
Aspiration-Level Adaptation in an American Financial Services Organization: A Field Study Stephen J. Mezias, Ya-Ru Chen, Patrice Murphy · 2002
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A Behavioral Agency Model of Managerial Risk Taking Robert M. Wiseman, Luis R. Gómez‐Mejía · 1998

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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
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964

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