The natural laws of business:applying the theories of Darwin, Einstein, and Newton to achieve business success
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Currency/Doubleday,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2001. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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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. |