An Examination of Cross-cultural Differences in Attitudes Towards Risk: Testing Prospect Theory in the People’s Republic of China

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 67-86

  Brumagim, Alan L ^a   Xianhua, wu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b Dongbei University of Finance and Economics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Project management; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992954974     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200500015     Document Type: Review

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