Organizational decision making: An information aggregation view

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2257-2277

  Csaszar, Felipe A ^a   Eggers, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental change; Knowledge; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION AGGREGATION; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84887113855     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1698     Document Type: Article

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