Renewing research on problemistic search—A review and research agenda

HE Posen, T Keil, S Kim… - Academy of Management …, 2018 - journals.aom.org
Problemistic search theory, with its roots in the Carnegie School tradition, describes a
behaviorally plausible process by which firms learn from performance feedback. A firm's …

60th birthday of 'A Behavioral Theory of the Firm': a review of the relational concepts and recommendations for future research

M Hagen, W Su, S Junge - Management Review Quarterly, 2023 - Springer
This year, we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of 'A Behavioral Theory of the
Firm'(BTF)(Cyert and March in A behavioral theory of the firm, Prentice Hall, Englewood …

Beyond market strategies: How multiple decision-maker groups jointly influence underperforming firms' corporate social (ir) responsibility

X Zhong, L Ren, T Song - Journal of Business Ethics, 2021 - Springer
Research based on the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF) argues that firms will actively
adopt strategic actions to respond to performance that falls below aspirations, that is …

Performance feedback and firms' relative strategic emphasis: The moderating effects of board independence and media coverage

L Cheng, E Xie, J Fang, N Mei - Journal of Business Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates how performance feedback––the discrepancy between aspiration
and actual performance––relates to firms' relative strategic emphasis on value-creation (VC) …

Capitalism, cronyism, and management scholarship: A call for clarity

PG Klein, RM Holmes Jr, N Foss… - Academy of …, 2022 - journals.aom.org
Capitalism is characterized by private ownership, coordination through markets, and
decentralized decision-making by buyers and sellers rather than the state. Capitalism is …

On or off: The triggering effect of underperformance duration on cooperative innovation

T Su, Y Yu, Y Chen, W Hou - Technovation, 2023 - Elsevier
By complementing performance feedback theory with organizational pressure, we argue that
underperformance duration breaks the balance between growth pressure and survival …

Aspirations and environmental performance feedback: a behavioral perspective for green supply chain management

Y Shou, S Shan, A Chen, Y Cheng… - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study investigates the relationships between environmental performance
feedback and green supply chain management (GSCM). It explores how environmental …

Performance feedback, financial slack and the innovation behavior of firms

LH Lu, PK Wong - Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Building on Cyert and March's (1963) behavioral theory of the firm, we investigate
how firms adjust their exploratory and exploitative innovation activities in response to …

[HTML][HTML] Motivated to be socially responsible? CEO regulatory focus, firm performance, and corporate social responsibility

J Liang, A Jain, A Newman, MP Mount, J Kim - Journal of Business …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examines the interactive effect of CEOs' regulatory focus and corporate financial
performance (CFP) on the firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR). While prior research …

The effects of performance shortfalls on firms' exploitation and exploration R&D internationalization decisions: does industry environmental matter?

X Zhong, W Chen, G Ren - Technovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Building on the behavioral theory of the firm (BTF), our study investigated how firms adjust
their exploitation and exploration R&D internationalization in response to performance …