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

Harford, Tim, 1973- (Author).

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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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ISBN: 0374100969 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9780374100964 (hbk.)
Physical Description: 309 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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.

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Subject:: Failure (Psychology)
Success in business.

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