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  Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction, and Economics (Paperback) By (author) Paul Ormerod

  

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  Short Description for Why Most Things FailA study of failure within business, economics and government. It argues that failure is the distinguishing feature of corporate life and uses it to link economic models with models of biological evolution. It illuminates the ways in which companies and policy-setting sectors of government behave like living organisms: unless they evolve, they die.
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  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
  • Published: 20 August 2008
  • Format: Paperback 254 pages
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  • Categories: Economic Theory & Philosophy | Business & Management
  • ISBN 13: 9780470089194 ISBN 10: 0470089199
  • Sales rank: 339,058

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• This is a fascinating and provocative study of failure within business, economics, and government. "Why Most Things Fail" argues that failure is the distinguishing feature of corporate life and uses it to link economic models with models of biological evolution. Inspired by advances in evolutionary theory and biology, author Paul Ormerod illuminates the ways in which companies and policy-setting sectors of government behave much like living organisms: unless they evolve, they die. But he also makes clear how desirable social and economic outcomes may be achieved when individuals, companies, and governments adapt in response to the actual behavior and requirements of their customers and constituents.Examining the "Iron Law of Failure" as it applies to business, economics, and government, this intriguing book explores the pervasive nature of failure in the world of human societies and economics. Paul Ormerod (London, UK), a theoretical economist, has served as the Head of the Economic Assessment Unit at The Economist and the Director of Economics at the Henley Centre for Forecasting in England. He has taught economics at the University of London and the University of Manchester. Ormerod is founder of the consulting firm Volterra and is an alumni of Oxford University and Cambridge University.