Overconfidence in SMEs Conceptualisations, Domains and Applications /

• Main Author: Invernizzi, Anna (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Small business.; Leadership.; Management-Study and teaching.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Knowledge management.; Small Business.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Management Education.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Knowledge Management.

This book presents a review of the role of overconfidence in small firms and explores how biased judgment and decision-making can affect business performance. Whilst the overconfidence construct has been studied in detail, there are no systematic reviews of its role in SMEs as of yet. Examining the...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Managerial Overconfidence
• 2. Managerial Overconfidence of Entrepreneurs: Contextual Explanations and the Aid of Technological Developments
• 3. Level of Confidence of Male and Female Youth Soccer Players: On Detecting a False Underconfidence
• 4. Closing Remarks on Overconfidence in Business and Beyond.