2018 Foundations

Organizational Goals: Antecedents, Formation Processes and Implications for Firm Behavior and Performance

Josip Kotlar, Alfredo De Massis, Mike Wright, Federico Frattini

International Journal of Management Reviews

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Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
Situational and institutional determinants of firms' R&D search intensity Weiru Chen, Kent D. Miller · 2007
A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008
Short- and Long-Term Performance Feedback and Absorptive Capacity Chanan Ben-Oz, Henrich R. Greve · 2012
The Paradox of Stretch Goals: Organizations in Pursuit of the Seemingly Impossible Sim B. Sitkin et al. · 2011
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals George A. Shinkle · 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

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Aspiration-Level Adaptation in an American Financial Services Organization: A Field Study Stephen J. Mezias, Ya-Ru Chen, Patrice Murphy · 2002
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
Aspiration Level Adaptation: An Empirical Exploration Theresa K. Lant · 1992
Striving toward the future: aspiration—performance discrepancies and planned organizational change Giuseppe Labianca et al. · 2009
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm William J. Baumöl, Richard M. Cyert, J. G. March · 1964
Goal Selection Internally and Externally: A Behavioral Theory of Institutionalization Henrich R. Greve, Daphne Teh · 2018
Microfoundations of Organizational Goals: A Review and New Directions for Future Research Stefan Linder, Nicolai J. Foss · 2018
Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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