2023 Foundations

Who depends on why: Toward an endogenous, purpose-driven mechanism in organizations' reference selection

Johannes Luger

Strategic Management Journal

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A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations Philip Bromiley, Jared D. Harris · 2013
Positional rigidity: low performance and resource acquisition in large and small firms Henrich R. Greve · 2010
A Behavioral Theory of Firm Growth: Sequential Attention to Size and Performance Goals Henrich R. Greve · 2008
Aspiration Performance and Railroads’ Patterns of Learning from Train Wrecks and Crashes Joel A. C. Baum, Kristina Dahlin · 2007
Disentangling Risk and Change Aleksandra Kacperczyk, Christine M. Beckman, Thomas P. Moliterno · 2014
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
Entering new markets: The effect of performance feedback near aspiration and well below and above it Ohad Ref, Zur Shapira · 2016

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Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012
PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK, SLACK, AND THE TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS. Dinesh N. Iyer, Kent D. Miller · 2008

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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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