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Adapt : why success always starts with failure / Tim Harford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: 309 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780374100964 (hbk.)
  • 0374100969 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Why success always starts with failure
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2/4
LOC classification:
  • BF 575 H278a 2011
Contents:
Adapting -- Conflict or : How organizations learn -- Creating new ideas that matter or : Variation -- Finding what works for the poor or : Selection -- Climate change or : Changing the rules for success -- Preventing financial meltdowns or : Decoupling -- The adaptive organization -- Adapting and you.
Summary: Outlines a counterintuitive approach to changing the world by assessing its failures, drawing on myriad disciplines to argue that complex challenges must be met through adaptive trial-and-error practices that do not depend on expert opinions or ready-made solutions.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BF 575 H278a 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000104982

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adapting -- Conflict or : How organizations learn -- Creating new ideas that matter or : Variation -- Finding what works for the poor or : Selection -- Climate change or : Changing the rules for success -- Preventing financial meltdowns or : Decoupling -- The adaptive organization -- Adapting and you.

Outlines a counterintuitive approach to changing the world by assessing its failures, drawing on myriad disciplines to argue that complex challenges must be met through adaptive trial-and-error practices that do not depend on expert opinions or ready-made solutions.

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