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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://cornell.worldcat.org/oclc/778420964 Title: The success equation : untangling skill and luck in business, sports, and investing Author: Michael J Mauboussin Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, ©2012. ISBN/ISSN: 9781422184233 1422184234 OCLC:778420964

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The success equation : untangling skill and luck in business, sports, and investing

Author:	Michael J Mauboussin
Publisher:	Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, ©2012.
Edition/Format:	Book : English
Summary:	Unlocking the mystery of how luck and skill contrubute to success and failure.

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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Michael J Mauboussin Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781422184233 1422184234
OCLC Number:	778420964
Description:	xi, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Introduction" sorting the sources of success -- Skill, luck, and three easy lessons -- Why we're so bad at distinguishing skill from luck -- The luck and skill continuum -- Placing activities on the luck-skill continuum -- The arc of skill -- The many shapes of luck -- What makes for a useful statistic? -- Building skill -- Dealing with luck -- Reversion to the mean -- The art of good guesswork.
Responsibility:	Michael J. Mauboussin.
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