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Behavioral factors in offshoring decisions : a qualitative analysis
Musteen, Martina - In: Journal of business research : JBR 69 (2016) 9, pp. 3439-3446
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514827
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Discretion in Hiring
Hoffman, Mitchell - 2015
to forgo the potentially valuable private information of their managers. We study the introduction of job testing across … 15 firms employing low-skilled service sector workers. When faced with similar applicant pools, we find that managers who … appear to hire against test recommendations end up with worse average hires. This suggests that managers often overrule test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011939
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Inducing Leaders to Take Risky Decisions : Dismissal, Tenure, and Term Limits
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
In this paper we analyze the problem of whether and/or when to replace a leader (agent) when no monetary rewards are available, and it is the leader's competence rather than effort that is being evaluated. The only decisions that the leader takes over time are whether to undertake risky but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050303
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Strategic human capital analytics and organisation performance : the mediating effects of managerial decision-making
Samson, Kelly; Bhanugopan, Ramudu - In: Journal of business research : JBR 144 (2022), pp. 637-649
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013185023
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Relation between managerial cognition and industrial performance : an assessment with strategic cognitive maps using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
Kumbure, Mahinda Mailagaha; Tarkiainen, Anssi; Luukka, Pasi - In: Journal of business research : JBR 114 (2020), pp. 160-172
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257476
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Performance feedback and problemistic search : the moderating effects of managerial and board outsiderness
Choi, Jaeho; Rhee, Mooweon; Kim, Young-Choon - In: Journal of business research : JBR 102 (2019), pp. 21-33
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103805
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Going with the gut : exploring top management team intuition in strategic decision-making
Shepherd, Neil Gareth; Lou, Bowen; Rudd, John M. - In: Journal of business research : JBR 181 (2024), pp. 1-15
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014556669
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The role of intuition in CEO acquisition decisions
Kopalle, Praveen K.; Kuusela, Hannu; Lehmann, Donald R. - In: Journal of business research : JBR 167 (2023), pp. 1-12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383074
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Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Black, Sandra E. - 2010
More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more comprehensive dataset than previous work, we are able to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758461
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Too Young to Leave the Nest : The Effects of School Starting Age
Black, Sandra E. - 2010
of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population of Norway to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759355