Risk Taking: A Managerial Perspective: A Managerial Perspective

by Zur Shapira

Book Overview

Classical economic theory assumes that people in risk situations follow a course of action based on a rational, consistent assessment of likely outcomes. But as Zur Shapira demonstrates in Risk Taking, corporate managers consistently stray from the prescribed path into far more subjective territory. Risk Taking offers a critical assessment of the relationship between theory and action in managerial decision making. Shapira offers a definitive account...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087154766X
• ISBN13: 9780871547668
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.