Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction And Economics - Rilegato

Ormerod, Paul

 
9780375424052: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction And Economics
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ISBN 10: 0375424059 ISBN 13: 9780375424052
Casa editrice: Pantheon Books, 2006

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With the same originality and astuteness that marked his widely praised Butterfly Economics, Paul Ormerod now examines the “Iron Law of Failure” as it applies to business and government–and explains what can be done about it.

“Failure is all around us,” asserts Ormerod. For every General Electric–still going strong after more than one hundred years–there are dozens of businesses like Central Leather, which was one of the world’s largest companies in 1912 but was liquidated in 1952. Ormerod debunks conventional economic theory–that the world economy ticks along in perfect equilibrium according to the best-laid plans of business and government–and delves into the reasons for the failure of brands, entire companies, and public policies. Inspired by recent advances in evolutionary theory and biology, Ormerod illuminates the ways in which companies and policy-setting sectors of government behave much like living organisms: unless they evolve, they die. But he also makes clear how desirable social and economic outcomes may be achieved when individuals, companies and governments adapt in response to the actual behavior and requirements of their customers and constituents.

Why Most Things Fail is a fascinating and provocative study of a truth all too seldom acknowledged.

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Informazioni sull?autore

\Paul Ormerod was the head of the Economic Assessment Unit at The Economist and the director of economics at the Henley Centre for Forecasting in England. He has taught economics at the universities of London and Manchester, and was a founder of the consulting firm Volterra. He lives in London.

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Editore
Pantheon Books
Data di pubblicazione
2006
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0375424059
ISBN 13 
9780375424052
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
272
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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9780470089194: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction, and Economics

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ISBN 10:  0470089199 ISBN 13:  9780470089194
Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007
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