Screen LibraryBeyond the 80/20 principle : the science of success from game theory to the tipping point /
A compelling look at how laws of nature can be applied to business with uncommon and startling success.
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| Published: |
Nicholas Brealey Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | New edition. |
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| Summary: |
A compelling look at how laws of nature can be applied to business with uncommon and startling success. |
| Item Description: | "First published as The power laws (UK) and The power laws of business (US) in 2000. Published as The 80/20 principle and 92 other powerful laws of nature in 2014"--Title page verso |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781529331448 1529331447 |
| Index Number: | HD31 |
| CLC: | F224 |
| Call Number: | F224/K765 |
| Contents: | Overture : on appreciating a wonky world -- Part one. The biological laws. 1. On evolution by natural selection -- 2. On Mendel's genes, selfish genes and business genes -- 3. On Gause's Laws -- 4. On evolutionary psychology -- 5. On resolving the prisoner's dilemma -- Part two. The physical laws. 6. On Newtonian and twentieth-century physics -- 7. On relativity -- 8. On quantum mechanics -- Part three. The non-linear laws. 9. On chaos and complexity -- 10. On the 80/20 principles -- 11. On punctuated equilibrium, the tipping point, and increasing returns -- 12. On the paradox of enrichment, entropy, and unintended consequences -- Part four. So what? |