1st Edition

Intuitive Expertise and Financial Decision-Making

By Michael Grant, Fredrik Nilsson Copyright 2023
124 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

124 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides insights into the hidden role of intuitive expertise in financial decision-making. The authors show and discuss how expertise combined with intuitive judgments positively affect decision-making outcomes. The book builds on the latest academic studies in this emergent field. In combination with the academic perspective, the authors provide a field study that they conducted in... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Experts and Expertise 3.Intuition 4. Intuitive Expertise 5. The Empirical Study 6. Conclusions Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Interviewees

Biography

Michael Grant earned his PhD at Uppsala University and the Department of Business Studies, where he holds the position as Senior Lecturer. In his research, he focuses on expertise and experts’ use of intuition in complex tasks, such as strategic decision-making. Furthermore, he has a broad research interest in M&As. In addition, he has more than 20 years of extensive experience working internationally with M&As. Michael has published his research in book chapters (Routledge, Edward Elgar) and the British Accounting Review. He is an executive board member of the Swedish Academy of Auditing.

Fredrik Nilsson has been Professor of Business Studies, specializing in Accounting at Uppsala University since 2010. Previously he was Professor of Economic Information Systems at Linköping University. In his research, he focuses on how different information systems (e.g., related to financial accounting, management control, and risk management) are designed and used in formulating and implementing strategies. Fredrik has published his research in books (e.g., Routledge and Springer) and in scientific journals (e.g., Accounting & Finance, the British Accounting Review, British Journal of Management, European Management Journal, Management Accounting Research, and Scandinavian Journal of Management). He is Chairman of the Swedish Academy of Auditing and Chairman of the Swedish Research School of Management and Information Technology.