Fostering risk taking in research and development: The importance of a project's terminal value

Decision Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 765-783

  Case, Randolph H ^a   Shane, Scott ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decision models; Framing; Product development; Project management; Research and development; Strategic decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032148251     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1998.tb00876.x     Document Type: Article

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