Analysis and Intuition in Strategic Decision Making: The Case of California

This paper reports the results of a study that attempts to assess the effects of decision making circumstances focusing mainly on the approaches applied and the managerial skills and capabilities the decision makers built on during concrete strategic decision making procedures. The study was conducted in California between September 2005 and June 2006 and it was sponsored by a Fulbright Research Scholarship Grant. The continuation of the research is sponsored by the OTKA 68799 Research Grant.