Risk taking : a managerial perspective /

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"Shapira offers a definitive account of the classical conception of risky decision making, which derives behavioral prescriptions from a calculation of both the value and the likelihood of possible outcomes. He then demonstrates how theories in this vein have been historically at odds with empi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shapira, Zur (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1995]
Subjects:
Risk management.
Decision making.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Decision-making.
Risk Management
Decision Making
Risk-Taking
Gestion du risque.
Prise de décision.
Prise de risque.
risk management.
decision making.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
Entscheidungsprozess
Risikomanagement
Decision making
Risk management
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The role of risk in decision making
  • Characteristics of risk and risk taking
  • The study: methods and participants
  • The definition of risk
  • Attitudes toward risk
  • Dealing with risk
  • Cognitive aspects of risk taking
  • Incentives and risk taking
  • On the prospects for improving managerial risk taking.

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