Antecedents of Convergence and Divergence in Strategic Positioning: The Effects of Performance and Aspiration on the Direction of Strategic Change

By Kyung Min Park. 2007

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management

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Organizational responses to performance feedback: A meta-analytic review (2019, background): “, 2018), direct rivals (Park, 2007), similar firms (Shipilov et al.”
How marketing capabilities and current performance drive strategic intentions in international markets (2017, background): “Aspiration levels are the result of the adoption of different referents, such as historical performance, other firms' performance, and level of perceived opportunity (Greve, 1998; Park, 2007; Shinkle, 2012).”
Navigators through the storm: A review of organization theories and the behavior of incumbent firms during transitions (2017, background): “During problemistic search, firms either look for solutions to their unsatisfactory performance that are close to its perceived symptoms (Cyert and March, 1963), or draw upon the solutions of other firms (Baum and Dahlin, 2007; Park, 2007).”
Generic strategies and firm performance in SMEs: a longitudinal study of Austrian SMEs (2010, background): “…we found no evidence that past performance influenced the probability of a change in strategy, other factors might be worth considering in subsequent attempts to explain the dynamics of strategy (Kyung 2007), i.e., why some companies change their strategy and others have no clear strategy at all.”
All Aspirations are not Created Equal: The Differential Effects of Historical and Social Aspirations on Acquisition Behavior (2014, background): “Problemistic search, a key concept in the behavioral theory of the firm, has influenced many streams of management research, including organizational learning (e.g., Levitt & March, 1988), risk-taking (e.g, Bromiley, 1991), strategic change (e.g., Park, 2007), and innovation (Greve, 2003c).”
Microfoundations of Management: Behavioral Strategies and Levels of Rationality in Organizational Action (2013, unknown): “12 in mergers and acquisitions (Haleblian, Kim, & Rajagopalan, 2006), as well as change their market position (Greve, 1998; Park, 2007), growth rate (Desai, 2008; Greve, 2003b, 2008), pace of innovation launches (Giachetti & Lampel, 2010; Greve, 2003a), and strategic orientation (Audia, Locke, & Smi”
A Behavioral Theory of the Firm - 40 Years and Counting: Introduction and Impact (2007, background): “Park (2007) investigates how performance relative to aspirations affects the choice of strategic positions in the U.S. food-processing industry.”
Organizational Aspirations, Reference Points, and Goals (2012, methodology): “While this adjustment approach is used in only a limited number of studies (e.g., Deephouse & Wiseman, 2000; Park, 2007), it is consistent with Cyert and March’s (1963: 34) statement: “[I]n the steady state, aspiration level exceeds achievement by a small amount.””
A comparison of alternative measures of organizational aspirations (2014, background): “Bromiley (1991) offers a model with a single aspiration level that systematically switches from one referent to the other (see also Deephouse and Wiseman, 2000; Park, 2007; Wiseman and Bromiley, 1996).”