Intelligence gathering for decision making

Omega

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 604-622

  Nutt, Paul C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intelligence gathering; Organizational decision making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTELLIGENCE GATHERING; ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE GAPS; SEARCH EFFORTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33751502246     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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