Managing strategic surprise: lessons from risk management and risk assessment

edited by Paul Bracken, Ian Bremmer, David Gordon.

The fat tail: the power of political knowledge in an uncertain world

As Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat reveal in this innovative book, volatile political events such as the 2008 Georgia-Russia confrontation--and their catastrophic effects on business--happen much more frequently than investors imagine. On the curve that charts both the frequency of these events and the power of their impact, the "tail" of extreme political instability is not reassuringly thin but …

The end of the free market: who wins the war between states and corporations?

Understanding the rise of state capitalism and its threat to global free markets The End of the Free Market details the growing phenomenon of state capitalism, a system in which governments drive local economies through ownership of market-dominant companies and large pools of excess capital, using them for political gain. This trend threatens America's competitive edge and the conduct of free …

J curve: a new way to understand why nations rise and fall

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780743274715

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306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

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[POL-LIB-194]

Managing strategic surprise: lessons from risk management and risk assessment

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ISBN/ISSN

9780521883153

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xvii, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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[POL-LIB-189]