The Fortune Sellers
The Big Business of Buying and Selling Predictions
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1997
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-18178-1 (ISBN)
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-18178-1 (ISBN)
An ambitious, intelligent, and very readable guide to understanding our present and our future. "-Harry Beckwith, author of Selling the Invisible No one can foretell the future. Or can they? There are many who purport to-and they are making a fortune.
An ambitious, intelligent, and very readable guide to understanding our present and our future."-Harry Beckwith, author of Selling the Invisible
No one can foretell the future. Or can they? There are many who purport to-and they are making a fortune. From meteorologists to investment advisers, prognosticating professionals are part of a multibillion-dollar industry. No longer merely fortunetellers, they are fortune sellers, offering us a commodity we're more than eager to buy: the future.
In this piercing and provocative expose, business consultant and forecasting expert William Sherden casts an unblinking eye on the booming business of predicting the future, separating fact from fallacy to show us not only how best to use the forecasts we're given, but how to "select the nuggets of valuable future advice from amongst the $200 billion worth of mostly erroneous future predictions put forth each year.
An ambitious, intelligent, and very readable guide to understanding our present and our future."-Harry Beckwith, author of Selling the Invisible
No one can foretell the future. Or can they? There are many who purport to-and they are making a fortune. From meteorologists to investment advisers, prognosticating professionals are part of a multibillion-dollar industry. No longer merely fortunetellers, they are fortune sellers, offering us a commodity we're more than eager to buy: the future.
In this piercing and provocative expose, business consultant and forecasting expert William Sherden casts an unblinking eye on the booming business of predicting the future, separating fact from fallacy to show us not only how best to use the forecasts we're given, but how to "select the nuggets of valuable future advice from amongst the $200 billion worth of mostly erroneous future predictions put forth each year.
WILLIAM A. SHERDEN is a consultant to international corporations such as AT&T, Citicorp, and Dunn & Bradstreet, and offers advice on strategic planning and improvement. He is the author of the book Market Ownership, as well as more than 25 articles for top academic and business publications. As a consultant, Sherden is a recognized expert on business forecasting, and has studied its pros and cons firsthand. He lives in Boston with his wife and two children.
The Second Oldest Profession.
When Chaos Rains.
The Dismal Scientists.
The Market Gurus.
Checking the "Unchecked Population".
Science Fact and Fiction.
The Futurists.
Corporate Chaos.
The Certainty of Living in an Uncertain World.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.11.1997 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 649 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-471-18178-1 / 0471181781 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-18178-1 / 9780471181781 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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