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Blindside : how to anticipate forcing events and wild cards in global politics /

"Focuses on developing analytical tools to anticipate and manage low-probability events. Addresses psychological and institutional obstacles preventing planning for low-probability tragedies and allocating necessary resources. Pinpoints failures---institutional and personal---that allowed event...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fukuyama, Francis (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Focuses on developing analytical tools to anticipate and manage low-probability events. Addresses psychological and institutional obstacles preventing planning for low-probability tragedies and allocating necessary resources. Pinpoints failures---institutional and personal---that allowed events to surprise leaders and examines philosophies and methodologies of forecasting. Discusses low-probability, high-impact contingencies in various sectors"--Provided by publisher
Notas:"An American Interest Book."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 198 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
ISBN:9780815729891
0815729898
1281029637
9781281029638