The natural laws of business : applying the theories of Darwin, Einstein, and Newton to achieve business success
Title:
The natural laws of business : applying the theories of Darwin, Einstein, and Newton to achieve business success
Author:
Koch, Richard, 1950-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Currency/Doubleday, 2001.
Physical Description:
275 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
Originally published: The power laws of business. Great Britain : Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2000.
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
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ISBN:
9780385501590
Format :
Book
