The Role of Routines in Reducing Pervasive Uncertainty

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dc.contributor.author	Becker, Markus C.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Knudsen, Thorbjørn	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:25:26Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:25:26Z
dc.date.issued	2004-03-18T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6907
dc.description.abstract	Under conditions of pervasive uncertainty, increasing the "amount" of information will not necessarily decrease uncertainty. Perhaps more information will even increase uncertainty. Since information may be valuable, even under conditions of pervasive uncertainty, this amounts to a puzzle. Its solution seems to hold the promise of understanding how decisionmakers actually go about reducing uncertainty in its more pervasive forms and is therefore at the center of attention in the present article. It is hypothesized that the role of routines in decision-making provides the key to solve the "information puzzle." Drawing on data from 56 companies, the argument is supported by empirical tests employing path analysis by linear structural equations modeling.	en_US
dc.format.extent	32 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	LINK Working paper;2001-28	en_US
dc.subject.other	kep	en_US
dc.title	The Role of Routines in Reducing Pervasive Uncertainty	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Industriøkonomi og Virksomhedsstrategi
dc.contributor.departmentshort	IVS
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Industrial Economics & Strategy
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	IES
dc.idnumber	x656406312	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2001	en_US