2019 Problemistic search

Problemistic search distance and entrepreneurial performance

Ryan Angus

Strategic Management Journal

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Private firms’ portfolio expansion responses to (in)consistent performance feedback Serhan Kotiloglu, Daniela Blettner, Thomas Lechler · 2024
How do aspirations work? Financial performance shortfalls and firms' green innovation Jing Zhao, Xiyun Cheng, Jintong Guo · 2025
Searching near and far? Search distance and performance below historical and social aspirations Catarina Antunes Mantas, Joris van der Voet, Amandine Lerusse · 2026

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New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective Beverly B. Tyler, Turanay Caner · 2015
A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003
The Behavioral Theory of the (Governed) Firm: Corporate Board Influences on Organizations’ Responses to Performance Shortfalls Vinit M. Desai · 2015
The Effect of Core Change on Performance: Inertia and Regression toward the Mean Henrich R. Greve · 1999
Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007
How Performance Incentives Shape Individual Exploration and Exploitation: Evidence from Microdata Sunkee Lee, Philipp Meyer‐Doyle · 2017
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998

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Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964

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Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017

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The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012

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The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012

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Structuring the situation: Organizational goals trigger and direct decision-making Henrich R. Greve · 2023

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Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review Serhan Kotiloglu, Yan Chen, Thomas Lechler · 2019

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Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search Yang Ye, Wei Yu, Robert S. Nason · 2020

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Looking back to move forward: social benchmarks and historical performance in CEO turnover Julio A. Pertuzé, Gonzalo Valdés, Tomás Reyes · 2026

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Organizational Learning from Extreme Performance Experience: The Impact of Success and Recovery Experience June-Young Kim, Ji‐Yub Kim, Anne S. Miner · 2009

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Foreign Market Investment as a Locus of Response to Adverse Performance Majid Abdi, Liang Wang · 2024

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Goal Selection Internally and Externally: A Behavioral Theory of Institutionalization Henrich R. Greve, Daphne Teh · 2018

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60th birthday of ‘A Behavioral Theory of the Firm’: a review of the relational concepts and recommendations for future research Moritz Hagen, Wenjia Su, Sebastian Junge · 2023

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2021

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Adaptive aspirations and performance heterogeneity: Attention allocation among multiple reference points Daniela Blettner et al. · 2014

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Technological choices under uncertainty: Does organizational aspiration matter? John Qi Dong · 2020

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How do managers decide on internationalization processes? The role of organizational slack and performance feedback Wenting Lin · 2013

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(In)Consistent Performance Feedback and the Locus of Search Thomas Keil et al. · 2023

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Feedback persistence matters! Uncovering the varying effects of success and failure persistence on firm risk-taking Lakshmi Goyal, Vikas Goyal · 2023

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Learning Through Problemistic Search and Bricolage: Evidence From Entrepreneurial Ventures Kiran Mahasuar · 2026

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When do firms invest in R&D? Two types of performance feedback and organizational search in the Korean shipbuilding industry Daehun Chung, Dongyoub Shin · 2021

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Signposts for Problemistic Search: Reference Points and Adaptation in Rugged Landscapes Axel Zeijen, Manuel Romagnoli, Luigi Marengo · 2025

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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

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Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007

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Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017

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Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search Yang Ye, Wei Yu, Robert S. Nason · 2020

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A Behavioral Model of Innovative Search: Evidence from Public Hospital Services Torsten Oliver Salge · 2010

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Striving toward the future: aspiration—performance discrepancies and planned organizational change Giuseppe Labianca et al. · 2009

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Contradictory yet Coherent? Inconsistency in Performance Feedback and R&D Investment Change Gerardus J. M. Lucas, Joris Knoben, Marius T.H. Meeus · 2015

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Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review Serhan Kotiloglu, Yan Chen, Thomas Lechler · 2019

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Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation Jared D. Harris, Philip Bromiley · 2007

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Safe or Profitable? The Pursuit of Conflicting Goals Vibha Gaba, Henrich R. Greve · 2019

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Reluctant to change: Self-enhancing responses to diverging performance measures Pino G. Audia, Sébastien Brion · 2006

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Driven by aspirations, but in what direction? Performance shortfalls, slack resources, and resource‐consuming vs. resource‐freeing organizational change Pasi Kuusela, Thomas Keil, Markku Maula · 2016

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback: A Behavioral Perspective on Multiple Goals Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2021

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Self-Enhancement and Learning from Performance Feedback Alexander Jordan, Pino G. Audia · 2012

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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007

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Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006

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Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005

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Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998

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