This celebrated New York Times bestsellernow poised to reach an even wider audience in paperbackis a book that is changing the way North Americans think about selling products and disseminating ideas. Gladwells new afterword to this edition describes how readers can constructively apply the tipping
The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
โ Scribed by Malcolm Gladwell
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Co;Back Bay
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly ย Read more...
Abstract: The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas
โฆ Table of Contents
Content: The three rules of epidemics --
The law of the few: connectors, mavens, and salesmen --
The stickiness factor: Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, and the educational virus --
The power of context (part one): Bernie Goetz and the rise and fall of New York City crime --
The power of context (part two): the magic number one hundred and fifty --
Case study: rumors, sneakers, and the power of translation --
Case study: suicide, smoking, and the search for the unsticky cigarette --
Conclusion: focus, test, and believe.
โฆ Subjects
Social psychology;Contagion (Social psychology);Causation;Context effects (Psychology);BUSINESS & ECONOMICS;PSYCHOLOGY;Social Psychology;Nonfiction;Business
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