{"product_id":"taking-risks-the-management-of-uncertainty-9780029195635","title":"Taking Risks: The Management of Uncertainty","description":"\u003cb\u003eDonald Wherung and Kenneth R. Maccrimmon examine how the external factors of leaders lives effect their ability to manage and take risks.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmphasizing the importance of a manager's ability and willingness to take risks in their business decisions, \u003ci\u003eTaking Risks \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how age, education, income, industry, and firm size, among other factors, affect a manager's drive to take risks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"By far the most authoritative and comprehensive study of risk taking that I have ever seen. Must reading for business executives, social scientists, government officials, management scholars -- anyone who face real-world pressures of making decisions or seeks to understand the process behind them.\" - James S. Dyer, Foster Parker Centennial Professor of Management and Finance, University of Texas - Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth R. Maccrimmon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.01w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780029195635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth R. MacCrimmon\u003c\/b\u003e is Earle Douglas McPhee Professor of Management, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, the University of British Columbia. The former J.L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Decision at Northwestern University, he is internationally known for his work on decision making, risk taking, and strategic management.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921770823795,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_31589590-5edf-4cb7-8597-22cdf31ac5b8.jpg?v=1647351389","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/taking-risks-the-management-of-uncertainty-9780029195635","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}