Does the accuracy of expert judgment comply with common sense: Caveat emptor

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 454-469

  Cassidy, Michael F ^a,b   Buede, Dennis ^b  

^a MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Innovative Decisions   (United States)

Author keywords

Consultants; Decision making; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651067840     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910946714     Document Type: Review

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