Toward a theory of behavioral operations

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 676-691

  Gino, Francesca ^a   Pisano, Gary ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beer game; Behavioral operations; Cognitive biases; Decision making; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BEER GAME; BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; COGNITIVE BIASES; COGNITIVE FACTORS; HUMAN BEINGS; OPERATING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

BEVERAGES; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; GAME THEORY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 61349196238     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1070.0205     Document Type: Article

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