for further research, especially on the motivations behind investment decisions. Investments in market economies are …) and the General Theory (1936), as well as follow-ups in the postKeynesian approaches and others dealing with “fundamental … society. By shaping business concerns and strategies, social institutions have a major impact on investment decisions in a …

conflicts ; uncertain investment in conflict ; theory of conflict ; decision to attack …Initiating a conflict is an investment in social, political or economic change. The decision to attack is sequential in … disregarded in conflict theory. In this dynamic model of decision making we focus on the time dimension of an escalating conflict …

While agreeing on the choice of an optimal investment decision is already difficult for any diverse group of actors …, priorities, and world views, the presence of deep uncertainties further challenges the decision-making framework by questioning … eliminated over the short term (and probably even over the longer term), it then summarizes existing decision …