Decision making and uncertainty: The role of heuristics and experience in assessing a politically hazardous environment

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1554-1578

  Maitland, Elizabeth ^a   Sammartino, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

behavioral strategy; cognition; decision making; heuristics; political hazards

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL STRATEGY; COGNITION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT; HEURISTICS; LABORATORY STUDIES; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84941189089     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2297     Document Type: Article

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