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 …

Purpose Research on electric sports (eSports) has experienced significant growth in recent
years as a consequence of increasing connectivity, institutionalization, and technological …

This study examines how CEOs' internal attribution tendency–to attribute an observed
outcome to internal factors–shapes the extent to which corporate downsizing activities are …

A central idea in the behavioral theory of the firm is that when an organization's performance
falls below aspirations, a search for solutions is triggered. While this aspiration-based model …

Abstract Research Summary Several upper echelons studies have found that firms led by
female executives are less likely to engage in risky endeavors than those led by male top …

The motivational effects of success and failure on firm risk-taking have been widely
documented in research rooted in a behavioral theory of the firm, with the resultant body of …

Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management and Director of the Center
for Leadership at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he teaches …

This study explores whether performance feedback influences firms to form a strategic
alliance or engage in R&D, both of which are risk-taking activities. Based on the behavioral …

Purpose This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurs' internality of causal
attributions and firm growth during an economic crisis. We propose a U-shaped relationship …

Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises have emerged to play a crucial part in the
context of industrialization and globalization, despite fierce competition and rapid change …