2021 Aspirations & reference points

How aspiration and expectation shortfalls drive strategic investments

Jan Mammen

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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Dancing with Strangers: Aspiration Performance and the Search for Underwriting Syndicate Partners Joel A. C. Baum et al. · 2005
Positional rigidity: low performance and resource acquisition in large and small firms Henrich R. Greve · 2010
A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF R&D EXPENDITURES AND INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM SHIPBUILDING. Henrich R. Greve · 2003
Short- and Long-Term Performance Feedback and Absorptive Capacity Chanan Ben-Oz, Henrich R. Greve · 2012
The Behavioral Theory of the (Governed) Firm: Corporate Board Influences on Organizations’ Responses to Performance Shortfalls Vinit M. Desai · 2015
How Firm Performance Affects Internationalization Jae C. Jung, Pratima Bansal · 2009
Aspiration Level Adaptation: An Empirical Exploration Theresa K. Lant · 1992
Determinants of Firms' Backward- and Forward-Looking R&D Search Behavior Weiru Chen · 2008

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

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

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Managerial Risk Taking Robert E. Hoskisson et al. · 2016

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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

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Problem-Solving or Self-Enhancement? A Power Perspective on How CEOs Affect R&D Search in the Face of Inconsistent Feedback Radina R. Blagoeva et al. · 2019

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

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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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Conflict inside and outside: Social comparisons and attention shifts in multidivisional firms Songcui Hu et al. · 2016

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How negative aspiration performance gaps affect innovation efficiency Montserrat Manzaneque Lizano et al. · 2018

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The Behavioral Theory of the (Governed) Firm: Corporate Board Influences on Organizations’ Responses to Performance Shortfalls Vinit M. Desai · 2015

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How do managerial perceptions of performance feedback affect innovation? Nilesh Saraf, Srabana Dasgupta, Daniela Blettner · 2021

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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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The silence of the slacked: The negative side effect of slack on problemistic search Sergii Nevmerzhytskyi, W. Glenn Rowe · 2025

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Stock Return or Sales Growth? Multiple Performance Feedback and Strategic Investments Under Securities Analysts’ Earnings Pressure Yu Zhang, Yan Gong · 2018

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

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

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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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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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Performance Shortfall, Feedback Interpretation and R&D Search: The Differential Effects of Peers’ Performance Below Historical and Social Aspirations Lakshmi Goyal, Vikas Goyal · 2022

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How do Managerial Perceptions of Performance Feedback affect Innovation? Daniela Blettner · 2021

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