DEBIASING STRATEGIES IN SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-106

  Kaufmann, Lutz ^a   Michel, Alex ^a   Carter, Craig R ^b  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral supply management; Case study research; Debiasing strategies; Decision making; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349271370     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2009.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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