A firma e o farola decisão de investimento da firma sob uma perspectiva de racionalidade limitada: oito estudos de caso

Resumo

This thesis offers an interpretation of the influential work of Herbert A. Simon and some of his followers regarding decision-making as a whole, considering a specific problem: the investment decision by firms. Combining insights obtained from the application of the theory and from the conduct of eight case studies, we propose a synthetic model for the understanding of firm investment decisions according to a processual perspective, based on the central idea of the construction by entrepreneurs of a representation of reality. This representation is subject to cognitive limitations related to difficulties in collecting and processing information (bounded rationality), as well as to the conditioning of possibilities of action truly available to the entrepreneur to past choices, through a net of synergies and smaller decisions, the consequences of which it was not possible to forecast precisely along a large scope of dimensions (bounded liberty, an original concept introduced by this thesis). Based on this structure, the decision process is divided in three stages (search, analysis and choice), each of them discussed in detail with the intention of pointing out the most important elements that confer structure and coherence to the process, assuming that full neoclassical rationality is not attainable in practical complex decisions.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Tese

Ano

2006

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/1770

Temas

Economia

Palavras-chave

InvestmentBounded rationalityDecision-makingHerbert A. SimonCase studyInvestimentoRacionalidade limitadaTomada de decisãoEstudo de casoEconomiaSimon, H. A. (Herbert Alexander)Investimentos de capital - Processo decisórioInvestimentos - Processo decisórioProcesso decisório