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Rational Decision-Making in Business Organizations

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  • Simon, Herbert A.

    (Carnegie Mellon University)

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Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1978

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  • Simon, Herbert A., 1978. "Rational Decision-Making in Business Organizations," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 1978-1, Nobel Prize Committee.
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    1. E. H. Phelps Brown, 1957. "The Meaning of the Fitted Cobb-Douglas Function," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 71(4), pages 546-560.
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    decision making;

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    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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