2016 Foundations

Managerial Risk Taking

Robert E. Hoskisson, Francesco Chirico, J. Daniel Zyung, Eni Gambeta

Journal of Management

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Risk abatement as a strategy for R&D investments in family firms Pankaj C. Patel, James J. Chrisman · 2013
Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
Performance Feedback, Slack, and The Timing of Acquisitions Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008
Positional rigidity: low performance and resource acquisition in large and small firms Henrich R. Greve · 2010
Reluctant to change: Self-enhancing responses to diverging performance measures Pino G. Audia, Sébastien Brion · 2006
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
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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
A Behavioral Theory of Market Expansion Based on the Opportunity Prospects Rule Ilídio Barreto · 2011
Variations in R&D Investments of Family and Nonfamily Firms: Behavioral Agency and Myopic Loss Aversion Perspectives James J. Chrisman, Pankaj C. Patel · 2012
Managerial Risk, Innovation, and Organizational Decline Scott Latham, Michael Braun · 2008
CEO Hubris and Firm Risk Taking in China: The Moderating Role of Managerial Discretion Jiatao Li, Yi Tang · 2010
Executive Stock Options as Mixed Gambles: Revisiting the Behavioral Agency Model Geoffrey Martin, Luis R. Gómez‐Mejía, Robert M. Wiseman · 2013
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006
All Aspirations are not Created Equal: The Differential Effects of Historical and Social Aspirations on Acquisition Behavior Ji‐Yub Kim, Sydney Finkelstein, Jerayr Haleblian · 2014
Performance Feedback and Firm Risk Taking: The Moderating Effects of CEO and Outside Director Stock Options Elizabeth Lim, Brian T. McCann · 2013
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Business Group Affiliation and Firm Search Behavior in India: Responsiveness and Focus of Attention Balagopal Vissa, Henrich R. Greve, Weiru Chen · 2009
Looking Backward Instead of Forward: Aspiration-Driven Influences on the Efficiency of the Capital Allocation Process Mathias Arrfelt, Robert M. Wiseman, G. Tomas M. Hult · 2012
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Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008
Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation Jared D. Harris, Philip Bromiley · 2007
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Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012
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