How to measure the status quo bias? A review of current literature

ME Godefroid, R Plattfaut, B Niehaves - Management Review Quarterly, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Status Quo Bias (SQB) describes an individual's preference to avoid changes
and maintain the current situation. In today's world, technological advances require nearly …

Open innovation and de-escalation of commitment in underperforming new product development projects

MM Yang, F Yang, X Li - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Escalation of commitment occurs when managers continue to devote efforts to
underperforming new product development (NPD) projects, even though doing so carries a …

The performance effects of optimistic and pessimistic project status reporting behavior

C Kaufmann, A Kock - International Journal of Project Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Project managers often provide project status reviews in an aggregate overall status to
convey central project status information to project steering committees. While the simplicity …

Making the wait worthwhile: Experiments on the effect of queueing on consumption

S Ülkü, C Hydock, S Cui - Management Science, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper investigates the relationship between waiting time and subsequent purchase
decisions. The prior literature assumes that purchase decisions are independent from the …

Innovation and new product development: Reflections and insights from the research published in the first 20 years of manufacturing & service operations …

S Kavadias, KT Ulrich - Manufacturing & Service Operations …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
In this short essay, we reflect on the innovation-related studies that have appeared in
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM) in its first 20 years of …

Admission control biases in hospital unit capacity management: How occupancy information hurdles and decision noise impact utilization

SH Kim, J Tong, C Peden - Management Science, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
Providing patients with timely care from the appropriate unit involves both correct clinical
evaluation of patient needs and making admission decisions to effectively manage a unit …

Managing uncertain tasks in technology‐intensive project environments: A multi‐method study of task closure and capacity management decisions

S Narayanan, S Balasubramanian… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Engineers working on tasks in technology‐intensive project environments face substantial
task resolution uncertainty. This can result in poor capacity utilization as they expend effort …

Behavioral biases and the decision-making in entrepreneurs and managers

FC Nobre, MJC Machado, LHN Nobre - Revista de Administração …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: the present research aims to understand the role of behavioral biases present in
the investment decision in entrepreneurs and managers, in the light of the behavioral …

Stage-gate escalation

R Klingebiel, P Esser - Strategy Science, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
In this article, we review resource allocation at former handset maker Sony Ericsson. Three
observations reveal how innovation projects can escalate through a stage-gate process that …

A framework for managing innovation

S Kavadias, J Hutchison-Krupat - Pushing the boundaries …, 2020 - pubsonline.informs.org
Innovation is critical in all types of organizations. Yet, it remains one of the most challenging
efforts to perform and manage. This paper attempts to provide three insights on the …