Escalation in Decision-Making: Behavioural Economics in Business
Author:   Helga Drummond ,  Julia Hodgson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
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9781409402367


Pages:   180
Publication Date:   28 April 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Helga Drummond ,  Julia Hodgson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781409402367


ISBN 10:   1409402363
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   28 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents: Introduction; If at first you don't succeed - then what? Introduction to escalation theory; Shutters up: a walk round the market; 'Maybe we can make a go of it': how does escalation start?; Missing the boat or sinking the boat? The realities of escalation; 'You think it's going to turn round': escalation; Five past midnight: introduction to entrapment theory; Entrapment in practice; 'I'm getting out': escalation and entrapment avoided; Escalation and entrapment theories revisited; Beyond magic thinking: making better decisions - 10 lessons for practice; Epilogue; Appendix; References; Index.

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Helga Drummond, PhD (University of Leeds) has been part of the Faculty at Liverpool University Management School since 1990. She is now Professor of Decision Sciences. Professor Drummond is associated with a number of departments and agencies of the UK Ministry of Defence and is currently a non-executive director of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency and a member of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council, the Finance Committee of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Joint Council of the Inns of Court. Professor Drummond has lectured on risk and decision making at Cambridge University, Manchester University (UMIST), and the Defence Academy, Shrivenham. She has written eleven books and numerous academic papers and journal articles. She is frequently called upon to comment in the national newspapers press and broadcast media. Julia Hodgson, MA, MPA, PGCE and lecturer at the University of Liverpool Management School. She has published academic papers and journals in the areas of decision making in organisations and consumer experience.

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