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Rational Decision Making in Business Organizations

@article{Simon1978RationalDM,
  title={Rational Decision Making in Business Organizations},
  author={Herbert A. Simon},
  journal={The American Economic Review},
  year={1978},
  volume={69},
  pages={493-513}
}
  • H. Simon
  • Published 8 December 1978
  • Economics
  • The American Economic Review
Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1978(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.) 
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