2017 Aspirations & reference points

Better Safe Than Sorry: Subsidiary Performance Feedback and Internal Governance in Multiunit Firms

Metin Sengul, Tomasz Obłój

Journal of Management

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A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
Adaptive aspirations and performance heterogeneity: Attention allocation among multiple reference points Daniela Blettner et al. · 2014
Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
Situational and institutional determinants of firms' R&D search intensity Weiru Chen, Kent D. Miller · 2007
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003
VARIABLE ORGANIZATIONAL RISK PREFERENCES: TESTS OF THE MARCH-SHAPIRA MODEL. Kent D. Miller, Weiru Chen · 2004
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 2011
Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback Alexander Jordan, Pino G. Audia · 2012

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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
The Effect of Core Change on Performance: Inertia and Regression toward the Mean Henrich R. Greve · 1999
Comparing Aspiration Models: The Role of Selective Attention Mark Washburn, Philip Bromiley · 2011
Aspiration Level Adaptation: An Empirical Exploration Theresa K. Lant · 1992
A Behavioral Agency Model of Managerial Risk Taking Robert M. Wiseman, Luis R. Gómez‐Mejía · 1998
Business Group Affiliation and Firm Search Behavior in India: Responsiveness and Focus of Attention Balagopal Vissa, Henrich R. Greve, Weiru Chen · 2009
Disentangling Risk and Change Aleksandra Kacperczyk, Christine M. Beckman, Thomas P. Moliterno · 2014
The Dynamics of the Performance–Risk Relationship Within a Performance Period: The Moderating Role of Deadline Proximity David W. Lehman et al. · 2011
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
The Liability of Leading: Battling Aspiration and Survival Goals in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions Elizabeth Boyle, Zur Shapira · 2012
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
Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012
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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