The natural laws of business:applying the theories of Darwin, Einstein, and Newton to achieve business success

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koch Richard, 1950-
Published: Currency/Doubleday,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 2001.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Item Description: Power laws of business.
Carrier Form: 275 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0385501595
Index Number: F270
CLC: F270
F713.5
Call Number: F270/K765
Contents: Originally published: The power laws of business. Great Britain : Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Appreciating a wonky world -- Pt. 1: The Biological laws - How economic information drives progess. The universe is run by selection. What Darwin couldn't explain. Gause's laws. The neurology of Stone Age man. Resolving the Prisoner's Dilemna -- Pt. 2: The Physical laws - Newtonian and twentieth-century physics. Newton's impact. Farewell, clockwork universe. The triumph of twentieth-century science -- Pt. 3: The Nonlinear laws - Interdisciplinary science. The third great scienctific breakthrough. Achieving more with less. Punctuated equilibrium, the tipping point, and increasing returns. The paradox of enrichment, entropy, and unintended consequences. -- Pt. 4: Routes to success that really work -- The gospel according to the natural laws.