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Wait : the art and science of delay / Frank Partnoy.
Van Pelt Library BF637.P76 P37 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Partnoy, Frank.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Procrastination.
- Decision making.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 290 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2012]
- Summary:
- Presents information from scientific studies and interviews with experts in several fields that suggests that delaying responses when making a decision can improve the decision quality, even in situations where time is in short supply.
- Contents:
- The child, the hare, and the tortoise
- Superfast sports
- High-frequency trading, fast and slow
- Frontal nudity in fight club
- Bad call
- Don't slice too thin
- Don't panic
- Forever and first dates
- When sorry seems to be the hardest word
- At last, procrastination
- Master class
- Get off the clock
- A lifetime of innovation
- Go long.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610390040
- 1610390040
- 9781610390057
- 1610390059
- OCLC:
- 744287602
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