Decision system analysis (DSA) is a conceptually simple technique that maps the process of group decisions over time. The data are gathered in a variety of ways, but most often some form of protocol analysis is the foremost tool. The data are then condensed and depicted as a flow chart for a...

This introduction provides an overview of the motivation of this issue. It focuses on the conceptual frameworks and tools available to business managers that can be applied to deal with complex problems in an environment of increasing uncertainty and risk. The article concludes that innovative...

Consider groups of partying college students failing to helpfully assist someone in life-threatening distress from alcoholic poisoning. Anecdotal evidence (Davis and DeBarros, 2006) supports the social-norming theory subfield of unresponsive bystander research by Latane and Darley (1970) and...

The present study examines the following claims: (1) nations with more versus less rules nurture growth in corruption, (2) nations with lighter versus heavier rules exhibit lower levels of corruption, (3) lighter versus heavier rules relates to larger formal economies. Using data from the Doing...

The study describes the complementary benefits of model-building and data analysis using algorithm and statistical modeling methods in the context of unobtrusive marketing field experiments and in transforming findings into isomorphic management models. Relevant for marketing performance...