Reducing uncertainty in supplier selection decisions: Antecedents and outcomes of procedural rationality

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 24-36

  Riedl, Dominik F ^a   Kaufmann, Lutz ^a   Zimmermann, Carsten ^b   Perols, Johan L ^b  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations management; Information processing; Procedural rationality; Structural equation modeling; Supplier selection; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA PROCESSING; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; PROCEDURAL RATIONALITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUPPLIER SELECTION; UNCERTAINTY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84901748526     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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