The Ombudsman: Value of expertise for forecasting decisions in conflicts

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Green, Kesten C ^a   Armstrong, J Scott ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Bargaining; Behavior; Competitive strategy; Decision analysis; Decision making; Defense; Effectiveness performance; Forecasting; Foreign policy; Leadership; Military; Organizational studies; Strategy; Tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548155950     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1060.0262     Document Type: Article

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