Consideration of the origin of Herbert Simon's theory of “satisficing” (1933-1947)

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1240-1256

  Brown, Reva ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business administration; Decision making; Decision theory; History

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993085453     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410568944     Document Type: Review

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