A Behavioral Theory of R&D Expenditures and Innovations: Evidence from Shipbuilding

By Henrich R. Greve. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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What I See, What I Do (2015, methodology): “We considered two slack variables: Potential slack was measured by the inverse of the ratio of debt to equity (Bromiley, 1991); unabsorbed slack was measured by the ratio of quick assets (cash and marketable securities) to liabilities (Greve, 2003).”
Motivation and Ability? A Behavioral Perspective on the Pursuit of Radical Invention in Multi-Technology Incumbents (2017, positive): “Building off traditional behavioral theory (Cyert & March, 1963), some studies argue that organizational risk-taking will increase as performance falls further and further below aspirations (Greve, 1998, 2003; Shimizu, 2007).”
It’s about Time! CEOs’ Temporal Dispositions, Temporal Leadership, and Corporate Entrepreneurship (2017, background): “High past performance strengthens the value of existing strategies and promotes the status quo, whereas low performance alerts TMTs of the necessity for renewal and innovation (Greve, 2003).”
Navigators through the storm: A review of organization theories and the behavior of incumbent firms during transitions (2017, background): “The identified solutions vary widely; firms may, for example, promptly join R &D consortia (Bolton, 1993), increase their R & D investments (Antonelli, 1989; Greve, 2003a), grow their production assets (Greve, 2003b), or initiate risky strategic changes (Greve, 1998; Greve and Taylor, 2000).”
Top management attention to innovation: The role of search selection and intensity (2009, methodology): “Similarly, Cohen (1995) and Greve (2003) found that R&D intensity, a proxy for firm search intensity, has a positive relationship with firm innovation.”
All Aspirations are not Created Equal: The Differential Effects of Historical and Social Aspirations on Acquisition Behavior (2014, background): “These factors make the historical aspiration level a relatively credible predictor of how well they could perform given their resources and capabilities (Greve, 2003a: 42).”
Ready to Be Open? Explaining the Firm-Level Barriers to Benefiting from Openness to External Knowledge (2017, neutral): “Past research has highlighted both the positive and negative impact of the availability of financial slack and innovation (Greve, 2003; Nohria and Gulati, 1996).”
How CFOs Determine Management Accounting Innovation: An Examination of Direct and Indirect Effects (2009, positive): “(1996) and Greve (2003) presented evidence of increased R&D intensity in firms facing decreased profitability.”
When and How Does Business Group Affiliation Promote Firm Innovation? A Tale of Two Emerging Economies (2006, methodology): “We used a two-year average because patent applications are likely to correspond to R&D activity during the two years preceding the patent application (Greve 2003).”
Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry (2006, background): “In another study that examines the entire range of low-performance values, Greve (2003a) similarly reported no effect of performance below the aspiration level on the highrisk behavior of launching innovations, but found a positive effect of low performance on the less-risky behavior of increasing…”