Why Most Things Fail Evolution, Extinction and Economics

Name: Why Most Things Fail Evolution, Extinction and Economics
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ISBN: 9780470089194

ISBN-10: 0470089199

ISBN-13: 9780470089194

Edition: 2005

Authors: Paul Ormerod

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A fascinating and provocative study of failure within business, economics, and government Why Most Things Fail argues that failure is the distinguishing feature of corporate life and uses it to link economic models with models of biological evolution. Inspired by advances in evolutionary theory and biology, author Paul 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.…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/20/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Introduction



The Edwardian Explosion



A Formula for Failure



Up a Bit, Then Down a Bit



Making Sense of Segregation



Playing by the Rules



A Game of Chess



"The Best-Laid Schemes . . . ."



Doves and Hawks



Patterns in the Dark



The Powers that Be



Take Your Pick?



Resolving the Dilemma



Why Things Fail



What Is to Be Done?


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index