Heuristics in organizations: A review and a research agenda

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2027-2036

  Loock, Moritz ^a   Hinnen, Gieri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Management; Organization; Organizational process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930928675     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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