Overview
- Provides a scientific, reliable and accessible tool to support managers and entrepreneurs in decision making
- Introduces scholars to a brand new approach in the research on managerial decision making
- Demonstrates applications of the established general theory in a wide range of business areas, such as innovativeness, growth, international business activities, firm performance, etc.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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The Theoretical Foundation
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The Present Era of Transient Competitive Advantages
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The Innovativeness of Firms, Seen from Within
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Development of Nationally Self-Sustained Momentum of Growth
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Going International or Staying Domestic?
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Jeananne “Nan” Nicholls became a faculty member at Slippery Rock University’s (SRU’s) School of Business in 2011 after spending over 20 years in the private and non-profit sectors. Her research interests include working with student scholars in the areas of participation in student clubs/organizations, marketing education, service learning, ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and health care. Her desire to help students succeed was recognized in 2015 when she received SRU’s President’s Award for Academic Advising. Nan was also named as the 2016 Distinguished Educator by her Pittsburgh AMA peers.
Kurt Schimmel joined Slippery Rock University’s School of Business in 2011 as a Professor of Marketing and Dean of the College of Business, Information and Social Sciences. His doctorate in business administration is from Cleveland State University and his master’s in business administration is from Duquesne University. Currently, Kurt teaches in the areas of marketing and management at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. An active researcher with interests in decision making and pedagogy he has published over 75 peer reviewed manuscripts.
Sifeng Liu is an expert on grey system theory and is currently the Director of Institute for Grey Systems Studies at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. He obtained his Masters and PhD from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan. He is IEEE Fellow and Co-Chair of the committee on grey systems at IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Managerial Decision Making
Book Subtitle: A Holistic Approach
Authors: Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, Jeananne Nicholls, Kurt Schimmel, Sifeng Liu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28064-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28063-5Published: 14 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28066-6Published: 14 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-28064-2Published: 01 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 302
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Organization