Harford, Tim,  1973- <br/><br/>
Adapt :  why success always starts with failure / 
 Why success always starts with failure 
Tim Harford. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  2011. 
 - 309 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374100964 (hbk.) 0374100969 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011006188 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Failure (Psychology)<br/>Success in business.<br/>Fracaso (Psicología)<br/>Éxito en los negocios.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF 575  / H278a 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>155.2/4