How smart managers make dumb decisions and why shareholders encourage them

Monday, November 14, 2011 - 15:30 in Mathematics & Economics

There are plenty of examples of corporate managers lying about their companies' earnings and ultimately hurting themselves and the businesses they work for. Why do they do it? A limited capacity to see the whole picture -- known as "bounded rationality" -- combined with a faulty ethical compass are two big reasons.

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