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This is our starting point: Rationality. If you want to understand decision making, the first step is to define what a rational choice is. This has always been the first task for students of decision making.i However, it doesn’t have to be like that.
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Secchi, D. (2011). Rationalization and Rationality. In: Extendable Rationality. Organizational Change and Innovation, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7542-3_2
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