How ‘good Minds’ Think: a Study of Ceo Decision Making
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To probe how ‘good minds’ think, I asked 16 CEOs who ran (or had been running until recently) successful oil and gas companies to read a realistic decision scenario which presented three strategic alternatives: to invest in a new technology, to explore in the Arctic in a joint venture, or to acquire another oil company. The chief executives were then asked to think out loud how they would decide in the scenario. See Table I for the research methodology.
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