How decision makers evaluate alternatives and the influence of complexity

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1148-1166

  Nutt, Paul C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Decision Making Process; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 0032141122     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.8.1148     Document Type: Review

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