The impact of individual debiasing efforts on financial decision effectiveness in the supplier selection process

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 411-433

  Kaufmann, Lutz ^a   Carter, Craig R ^a   Buhrmann, Christian ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral supply management; Buyers; Debiasing strategies; Decision effectiveness; Decision making; Structural equation modelling; Supplier evaluation; Supplier selection; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863453035     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031211246492     Document Type: Article

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