Essays about: "Biases and Heuristics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Biases and Heuristics.

1. 1. Safety and Security in Sudan: Humanitarian Aid Workers’ Risk Perception

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Magdalena Hix; [2023]
   Keywords : Safety; Security; Risk; Risk Perception; Risk Evaluation; Humanitarian Aid Worker; Sudan; Protection; Security Risk Management; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Protection of humanitarian aid workers (HAWs) is a challenging task. There are various reports on the topic where much research seems to focus on traditional physical attacks and intentional violence against HAWs (security) rather than the accidental event risks (safety) or discussing it separately. READ MORE

3. 2. Boosting Through Structured Introspection : Exploring Decision-Making in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Christoffer Campbell; [2020]
   Keywords : boosts; heuristics; decision-making; covid-19; structured introspection;

   Abstract : This thesis explores boosting to improve decision-making in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic using a structured introspection. Structured introspection is an intervention where individuals are prompted with and are asked to estimate the importance of a set of attributes relevant to the decision in order to limit the prevalence of potential cognitive biases. READ MORE

4. 3. Rational Strategic Investment Decisions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Joran Antonius Mattheus Nicolaas Bos; Max-Lennart Albrecht; [2020]
   Keywords : Strategic Investment Decisions; Strategic Decision-Making; Rationality; Behavioural Finance; Financial Bias; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this master thesis is to examine the driving forces of SID in corporate contexts. The central purpose is to develop an extended framework based on the framework by Carr, Kolehmainen & Mitchell (2010) that will portray a better understanding of biases and heuristics and their influences on SID. READ MORE

5. 4. From Monkey Mind to Entrepreneurial Action

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Alexandra Jampolskaia; Nea Salmelainen; [2019-07-08]
   Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial characteristics; Entrepreneurial action; Intention action-gap; Emotions; Biases and heuristics; Cognition;

   Abstract : The purpose of this research is to​investigate how individuals manage negative emotions to close the intention/action-gap of starting a new venture. In an entrepreneurial context, if an aspiring entrepreneur does not take action despite having actual intentions,theoreticallynew ventures can not be created. READ MORE

6. 5. Advancing Towards Model-Based Decision-Making : A Qualitative Case Study at a Swedish Whisky Start-Up

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jan Frederic Nerbel; Ellinor Hammarsten; Tobias Hedlund; [2017]
   Keywords : decision-making; start-up; optimal exploitation; non-renewable resources; Swedish whisky industry; model-based planning;

   Abstract : This study investigates decision-making processes in respect to the maturation time and the marketed quantities of single malt whisky in a Swedish distillery start-up. At first, the literature regarding decision-making in both start-ups and larger organisations has been reviewed. READ MORE