2021 Foundations

How Firms Make Information Technology Investment Decisions: Toward a Behavioral Agency Theory

John Qi Dong, Prasanna Karhade, Arun Rai, Sean Xin Xu

Journal of Management Information Systems

Metadata only

Open public record

Generic document type; no canonical identity or publication type is inferred.

Cited by in snapshot: 3
References in snapshot: 16
Global cited by: 166

Within this provisional snapshot

Direct citation relationships

Arrows follow the source-record relationship: a reference is an outgoing edge; “cited by” is an incoming edge. This does not adjudicate canonical work identity.

Cited by 3

Technological choices under uncertainty: Does organizational aspiration matter? John Qi Dong · 2020
Self‐Assessment versus Self‐Improvement Motives: How Does Social Reference Group Selection Influence Organizational Responses to Performance Feedback? Daniela Blettner, Serhan Kotiloglu, Thomas Lechler · 2023
Curvilinear Dynamics of Performance Shortfalls and Digital Innovation: The Moderating Role of IT Expertise Shengjie Xie, Xiaowei Liu, Wen Guang Qu · 2026

References 16

Reciprocity and R&D search: Applying the behavioral theory of the firm to a communitarian context Jonathan O’Brien, Parthiban David · 2013
A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
Toward a Model of Risk in Declining Organizations: An Empirical Examination of Risk, Performance and Decline Robert M. Wiseman, Philip Bromiley · 1996
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
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007
Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008

Show 8 more referenced records

Incentives to Cheat: The Influence of Executive Compensation and Firm Performance on Financial Misrepresentation Jared D. Harris, Philip Bromiley · 2007
Innovation Outcomes of Digitally Enabled Collaborative Problemistic Search Capability Prasanna Karhade, John Qi Dong · 2021
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017
Technological choices under uncertainty: Does organizational aspiration matter? John Qi Dong · 2020
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm: Assessment and Prospects Giovanni Gavetti et al. · 2012
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm Richard H. Day et al. · 1964
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008
Investing in Information Systems: On The Behavioral and Institutional Search Mechanisms Underpinning Hospitals’ IS Investment Decisions1 Torsten Oliver Salge, Rajiv Kohli, Michael Barrett · 2015

Bounded connected-literature evidence

Why these records are nearby

These are aggregate discovery relationships, not direct citations, identity decisions, recommendations, or a complete neighborhood. Ranks and metrics come unchanged from the engine’s public projection.

Bibliographic coupling

Records that cite some of the same reference targets.

Innovation Outcomes of Digitally Enabled Collaborative Problemistic Search Capability Prasanna Karhade, John Qi Dong · 2021

22 shared references · rank 1 of 338

Shared references
22
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
103
Cosine
0.190
Jaccard
0.104
Selected rank
1 of 338
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda Hart E. Posen et al. · 2017

21 shared references · rank 2 of 338

Shared references
21
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
332
Cosine
0.101
Jaccard
0.048
Selected rank
2 of 338
Managerial Risk Taking Robert E. Hoskisson et al. · 2016

18 shared references · rank 3 of 338

Shared references
18
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
317
Cosine
0.089
Jaccard
0.042
Selected rank
3 of 338
Corporate environmental performance: Revisiting the role of organizational slack Pavlos C. Symeou, Stelios C. Zyglidopoulos, Naomi A. Gardberg · 2018

17 shared references · rank 4 of 338

Shared references
17
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
149
Cosine
0.122
Jaccard
0.065
Selected rank
4 of 338
Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review Serhan Kotiloglu, Yan Chen, Thomas Lechler · 2019

16 shared references · rank 5 of 338

Shared references
16
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
133
Cosine
0.122
Jaccard
0.065
Selected rank
5 of 338
Performance Feedback and Firm Risk Taking: The Moderating Effects of CEO and Outside Director Stock Options Elizabeth Lim, Brian T. McCann · 2013

16 shared references · rank 6 of 338

Shared references
16
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
134
Cosine
0.121
Jaccard
0.065
Selected rank
6 of 338
Technological choices under uncertainty: Does organizational aspiration matter? John Qi Dong · 2020

15 shared references · rank 7 of 338

Shared references
15
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
63
Cosine
0.166
Jaccard
0.084
Selected rank
7 of 338
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

15 shared references · rank 8 of 338

Shared references
15
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
155
Cosine
0.106
Jaccard
0.056
Selected rank
8 of 338
CEO option wealth and firm risk-taking: An analysis of multiple reference points Elizabeth Lim · 2017

14 shared references · rank 9 of 338

Shared references
14
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
115
Cosine
0.115
Jaccard
0.061
Selected rank
9 of 338
Performance Feedback and Risk‐Taking: A Configurational Approach Lakshmi Goyal, Manish Popli · 2023

14 shared references · rank 10 of 338

Shared references
14
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
120
Cosine
0.112
Jaccard
0.059
Selected rank
10 of 338
Innovation performance feedback and technological alliance portfolio diversity: The moderating role of firms’ R&D intensity Andrea Martínez‐Noya, Esteban García Canal · 2021

14 shared references · rank 11 of 338

Shared references
14
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
163
Cosine
0.096
Jaccard
0.050
Selected rank
11 of 338
Performance Feedback Persistence: Comparative Effects of Historical Versus Peer Performance Feedback on Innovative Search Yang Ye, Wei Yu, Robert S. Nason · 2020

13 shared references · rank 12 of 338

Shared references
13
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
101
Cosine
0.113
Jaccard
0.060
Selected rank
12 of 338
How does inconsistent negative performance feedback affect the R&D investments of firms? A study of publicly listed firms David Diwei Lv et al. · 2019

13 shared references · rank 13 of 338

Shared references
13
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
102
Cosine
0.113
Jaccard
0.059
Selected rank
13 of 338
Managerial Risk, Innovation, and Organizational Decline Scott Latham, Michael Braun · 2008

13 shared references · rank 14 of 338

Shared references
13
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
113
Cosine
0.107
Jaccard
0.057
Selected rank
14 of 338
A Behavioral Model of Innovative Search: Evidence from Public Hospital Services Torsten Oliver Salge · 2010

13 shared references · rank 15 of 338

Shared references
13
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
130
Cosine
0.100
Jaccard
0.053
Selected rank
15 of 338
Performance, Aspirations, and Market Versus Nonmarket Investment Bruce C. Rudy, Andrew F. Johnson · 2013

13 shared references · rank 16 of 338

Shared references
13
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
149
Cosine
0.093
Jaccard
0.049
Selected rank
16 of 338
A Behavioral Perspective on Attention Allocation Among Multiple Goals: An Exploratory Examination of the Automotive Industry Songcui Hu · 2012

13 shared references · rank 17 of 338

Shared references
13
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
156
Cosine
0.091
Jaccard
0.048
Selected rank
17 of 338
R&D Investment in the Global Paper Products Industry: A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and National Culture Perspective Krista B. Lewellyn, Shuji ‘Rosey’ Bao · 2015

13 shared references · rank 18 of 338

Shared references
13
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
158
Cosine
0.091
Jaccard
0.047
Selected rank
18 of 338
Entering new markets: The effect of performance feedback near aspiration and well below and above it Ohad Ref, Zur Shapira · 2016

12 shared references · rank 19 of 338

Shared references
12
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
77
Cosine
0.120
Jaccard
0.062
Selected rank
19 of 338
Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008

12 shared references · rank 20 of 338

Shared references
12
This record reference degree
130
Neighbor reference degree
87
Cosine
0.113
Jaccard
0.059
Selected rank
20 of 338

Co-citation

Records cited together by the same public-snapshot records.

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

3 shared citing records · rank 1 of 21

Shared citing records
3
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
94
Cosine
0.179
Jaccard
0.032
Selected rank
1 of 21
Performance, Aspirations, and Risky Organizational Change Henrich R. Greve · 1998

3 shared citing records · rank 2 of 21

Shared citing records
3
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
241
Cosine
0.112
Jaccard
0.012
Selected rank
2 of 21
The behavioral theory of the (community‐oriented) firm: The differing response of community‐oriented firms to performance relative to aspirations Stephen Smulowitz, Horacio Enrique Rousseau, Philip Bromiley · 2020

2 shared citing records · rank 3 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
10
Cosine
0.365
Jaccard
0.182
Selected rank
3 of 21
How do managerial perceptions of performance feedback affect innovation? Nilesh Saraf, Srabana Dasgupta, Daniela Blettner · 2021

2 shared citing records · rank 4 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
10
Cosine
0.365
Jaccard
0.182
Selected rank
4 of 21
Conflict inside and outside: Social comparisons and attention shifts in multidivisional firms Songcui Hu et al. · 2016

2 shared citing records · rank 5 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
25
Cosine
0.231
Jaccard
0.077
Selected rank
5 of 21
The Effect of Core Change on Performance: Inertia and Regression toward the Mean Henrich R. Greve · 1999

2 shared citing records · rank 6 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
29
Cosine
0.214
Jaccard
0.067
Selected rank
6 of 21
Reciprocity and R&D search: Applying the behavioral theory of the firm to a communitarian context Jonathan O’Brien, Parthiban David · 2013

2 shared citing records · rank 7 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
31
Cosine
0.207
Jaccard
0.063
Selected rank
7 of 21
Adaptive aspirations: performance consequences of risk preferences at extremes and alternative reference groups Songcui Hu, Daniela Blettner, Richard A. Bettis · 2011

2 shared citing records · rank 8 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
32
Cosine
0.204
Jaccard
0.061
Selected rank
8 of 21
Antecedents of Convergence and Divergence in Strategic Positioning: The Effects of Performance and Aspiration on the Direction of Strategic Change Kyung Min Park · 2007

2 shared citing records · rank 9 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
41
Cosine
0.180
Jaccard
0.048
Selected rank
9 of 21
Entering new markets: The effect of performance feedback near aspiration and well below and above it Ohad Ref, Zur Shapira · 2016

2 shared citing records · rank 10 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
45
Cosine
0.172
Jaccard
0.043
Selected rank
10 of 21
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

2 shared citing records · rank 11 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
55
Cosine
0.156
Jaccard
0.036
Selected rank
11 of 21
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

2 shared citing records · rank 12 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
62
Cosine
0.147
Jaccard
0.032
Selected rank
12 of 21
Toward a Model of Risk in Declining Organizations: An Empirical Examination of Risk, Performance and Decline Robert M. Wiseman, Philip Bromiley · 1996

2 shared citing records · rank 13 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
63
Cosine
0.145
Jaccard
0.031
Selected rank
13 of 21
A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013

2 shared citing records · rank 14 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
65
Cosine
0.143
Jaccard
0.030
Selected rank
14 of 21
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm—40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact Linda Argote, Henrich R. Greve · 2007

2 shared citing records · rank 15 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
75
Cosine
0.133
Jaccard
0.026
Selected rank
15 of 21
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

2 shared citing records · rank 16 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
86
Cosine
0.125
Jaccard
0.023
Selected rank
16 of 21
Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008

2 shared citing records · rank 17 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
93
Cosine
0.120
Jaccard
0.021
Selected rank
17 of 21
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry Pino G. Audia, Henrich R. Greve · 2006

2 shared citing records · rank 18 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
125
Cosine
0.103
Jaccard
0.016
Selected rank
18 of 21
Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005

2 shared citing records · rank 19 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
133
Cosine
0.100
Jaccard
0.015
Selected rank
19 of 21
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003

2 shared citing records · rank 20 of 21

Shared citing records
2
This record citer degree
3
Neighbor citer degree
175
Cosine
0.087
Jaccard
0.011
Selected rank
20 of 21

Rows require at least 2 shared references or shared citing records, as applicable, and are capped at 20 neighbors per record and relation type. See definitions, ranking, and limits.