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"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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Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
Lingua: | inglese |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
c2007.
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Accesso online: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Riassunto: | "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. |
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Descrizione del documento: | "An American Interest Book." |
Descrizione fisica: | vi, 198 p. |
Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and index. |