Mental models, decision rules, and performance heterogeneity

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 569-594

  Gary, Michael Shayne ^a   Wood, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognitive frames; decision rules; heuristics; knowledge representations; mental models; schema

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FRAMES; DECISION RULES; HEURISTICS; MENTAL MODEL; SCHEMA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79953803681     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.899     Document Type: Article

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