Why not? : how to use everyday ingenuity to solve problems big and small
by
 
Nalebuff, Barry, 1958-

Title
Why not? : how to use everyday ingenuity to solve problems big and small

Author
Nalebuff, Barry, 1958-

ISBN
9781591391531
 
9781422104347
 
9781591396819

Personal Author
Nalebuff, Barry, 1958-

Publication Information
Boston : Harvard Business School Press, ©2003.

Physical Description
xv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents
The way things never were -- Good ideas and how to generate them -- Problems in search of solutions -- What would croesus do? taking the perspective of an unconstrained consumer -- Why dont you feel my pain? internalizing the external effects of decision making -- Solutions in search of problems -- Where else would it work? looking for idea arbitrage opportunities -- Would flipping it work? trying things the other way around -- Problem solving with a purpose -- Principled problem solving: a guide to thinking inside the box -- The case for honest tea -- Reinventing regulation -- Implementing why-not.

Abstract
Offers guidelines for brainstorming and problem solving in order to solve new problems with existing solutions and to generate new solutions for existing problems.

Subject Term
Problem solving.

Added Author
Ayres, Ian, 1959-

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003010767.html


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