Rational and intuitive decision-making in sourcing teams: Effects on decision outcomes

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-112

  Kaufmann, Lutz ^a   Meschnig, Gavin ^a   Reimann, Felix ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral supply management; Hierarchical regression analysis; Intuition; Rationality; Supplier performance; Supplier selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901776834     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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