Resilience : why things bounce back
Title:
Resilience : why things bounce back
Author:
Zolli, Andrew
Healy, Ann Marie
ISBN:
9781451683813
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2013
Physical Description:
323 p.
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
All systems break down. Some bounce back, others do not. This is a book about why. Covering business, economic, geographic and social systems, Zolli uncovers a wealth of absorbing examples--from the link between US oil prices and the recent 'tortilla riots' in Mexico to what was really happening when the U.S. government decided not to bail out Lehman Bros.
Subject:
| Fault tolerance (Engineering) |
| Stability |
| Hysteresis |
| Resilience (Personality trait) |
Summary:
All systems break down. Some bounce back, others do not. This is a book about why. Covering business, economic, geographic and social systems, Zolli uncovers a wealth of absorbing examples--from the link between US oil prices and the recent 'tortilla riots' in Mexico to what was really happening when the U.S. government decided not to bail out Lehman Bros.