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When the Blind Lead

Peter S. Cohan
Peter S. Cohan & Associates



Business Strategy Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 65-70, Autumn 2007

Abstract:     
It's called confirmation bias. When facing a major decision, one exhibits an unwillingness to admit conflicting data - no matter how salient - to influence a closed point of view. Peter S. Cohan examines the disease and offers a cure.

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Date posted: September 14, 2007 ; Last revised: January 29, 2008

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Cohan, Peter S., When the Blind Lead. Business Strategy Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 65-70, Autumn 2007. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1013684 or doi:10.1111/j.1467-8616.2007.00488.x


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