Projects
Performance aspirations in venture capital-backed companies: A closer look at reference points KU Leuven
According to the Behavioral Theory of the Firm (BTOF), one of the most widely used theories to explain firm conduct, managers assess their firm’s performance by comparing to their recent and distant past performance and to their industry peers. If their firms perform poorly, managers initiate strategic actions. We aim to advance the BTOF by theorizing on conditions which may push managers to focus on different reference points when evaluating ...
Performance aspirations in venture capital-backed companies Vlerick Business School
Performance aspirations in venture capital-backed companies KU Leuven
The Behavioral Theory of the Firm (BTOF) is one of the most widely used theories to explain firm conduct. According to the theory, decision-makers prospectively set targets for acceptable performance based on their firm’s historical performance and the performance of industry peers, and evaluate the need to change strategies by comparing actual organizational performance with those targets. While a sizeable body of work has built on the ...
Dreams, Night Visions and Decolonial Aspirations in Eastern DRC: Researching Pluriversal Cosmovisions in Conflict-Affected Environments. University of Antwerp
Reducing identity threat to promote an inclusive environment and to improve performance, career aspirations and satisfaction Vlerick Business School
Actors' perspectives, motivations and aspirations in the emergence and reconfiguration of territorial development pathways: Insights for transformations to sustainability through green microfinance plus. University of Antwerp
The role of social work in supporting ger residents in the development of aspirations to belong to the Mongolian society Ghent University
This qualitative research project aims to gain indigenous knowledge about the coping strategies of residents in sub-urban “ger” areas of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) that can inform the further development of social work theory and practice. Two central theoretical concepts, developed in the field of migration and poverty studies, are used: (1) sense of belonging, and (2) aspirations to use social resources.
Teaching in the bed of Procrustes – Effectiveness of gender-sensitive strategies with regard to academic achievement, school retardation, unqualified drop-out, the motivation to learn and the aspirations of youngsters in secondary education. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
An inquiry into Spinoza's criticism of the moral and epistemic aspirations of natural science Ghent University
The goal of the research project consists in explaining why according to Spinoza natural science is unable to tell us anything about the totality of nature, and therefore can never have the pretension to draw from its findings larger philosophical or moral conclusions. Spinoza was an early, informed critic of the moral and epistemic aspirations of natural science.