How near-misses influence decision making under risk: A missed opportunity for learning

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1425-1440

  Dillon, Robin L ^a   Tinsley, Catherine H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Inference; Risk

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN UPDATING; FAILURE EVENTS; INFERENCE; LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES; MISSION SUCCESS; PERCEIVED RISKS; PROJECT MANAGERS; RULE-BASED; STATISTICAL PROBABILITIES; STATISTICAL RISKS;

ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING; NASA; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MANAGERS;

EID: 61849175438     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0869     Document Type: Article

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