The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies, and Nations.The Wisdom Of Crowds James Surowiecki James Michael Surowiecki ("soo-ro-wiki") (b. 1967) is an American journalist. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he writes a regular column on business and finance called "The Financial Page". Doubleday Dou·ble·day , Abner 1819-1893. American army officer traditionally considered the inventor of baseball, although a game similar to baseball predates him. 1745 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10019 0385503865 $24.95 doubleday.com Collective wisdom shapes businesses, economies, and nations alike: while James Surowiecki's The Wisdom Of Crowds: Why The Many Are Smarter Than The Few And How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies And Nations could easily have been featured in any of our sociology or political science columns, it's featured here especially for business managers interested in the basic concept that large groups of people are smarter collectively than the individual. Surowiecki's concept holds vast implications for the business and marketing world, and his sophisticated argument is presented in very readable read·a·ble adj. 1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface. 2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story. terms to make The Wisdom Of Crowds accessible to a wide audience. |
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