Why Most Things Fail (Paperback)

Paul Ormerod

ISBN 10: 0571220134 / ISBN 13: 9780571220137

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2006

About this Item

Paperback. From the best-selling author of The Death of Economics and Butterfly Economics, a ground-breaking look at a truth all too seldom acknowledged: most commercial and public policy ventures will not succeed. Paul Ormerod draws upon recent advances in biology to help us understand the surprising consequences of the Iron Law of Failure. And he shows what strategies corporations, businesses and governments will need to adopt to stand a chance of prospering in a world where only one thing is certain. The essential book on why some businesses fail . and how to avoid it Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Most Things Fail (Paperback)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571220134
• ISBN 13: 9780571220137
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From the best-selling author of The Death of Economics and Butterfly Economics, a ground-breaking look at a truth all too seldom acknowledged: most commercial and public policy ventures will not succeed.

Paul Ormerod draws upon recent advances in biology to help us understand the surprising consequences of the Iron Law of Failure. And he shows what strategies corporations, businesses and governments will need to adopt to stand a chance of prospering in a world where only one thing is certain.

About the Author

Paul Ormerod is the author of The Death of Economics, Butterfly Economics and Why Most Things Fail. He studied economics at Cambridge and his career has spanned the academic and practical business worlds, including working at the Economist and as a director of the Henley Centre for Forecasting. He is a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Science and has been awarded a DSchonoris causafor his contribution to economics by the University of Durham.