Decision-making in high-velocity environments: The importance of guiding principles

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 889-913

  Oliver, David ^a,b   Roos, Johan ^a  

^a Imagination Lab Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b Lausanne based Imagination Lab Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emotion; Guiding principles; Heuristics; High velocity; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 29044436061     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605054609     Document Type: Review

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