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A journey around decision-making: Searching for the “big picture” across disciplines

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This paper carries out an interdisciplinary literature review to develop an updated framework that integrates all aspects of decision-making. It proposes a framework that combines the evolutionary perspective with the complexity theory to integrate the ontological communalities between the examined disciplines (operational research, psychology and management). Decision-making is regarded as a systemic, multi-tiered information-based process, founded on the interaction of the decision-maker with the environment in a sort of learning path which co-evolves through variation–selection–retention mechanisms nourished by environmental feedback.

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  • Adinolfi, Paola, 2021. "A journey around decision-making: Searching for the “big picture” across disciplines," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 39(1), pages 9-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:39:y:2021:i:1:p:9-21
    DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2020.06.003
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