Download or read book Copycats written by Oded Shenkar and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In business, imitation gets a bad rap: some business leaders see imitators as 'me too' players forced to copy because they have nothing original to offer. In Copycats, Oded Shenkar challenges this viewpoint. He reveals how imitation - the exact or broad-brushed copying of an innovation - is as critical to prosperity as innovation, especially when the two are used together."--Inside jacket.
Download or read book Copycats Contrarians written by Michelle Baddeley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Why we run with—or avoid—the crowd, and why it matters, from choosing a restaurant in a tourist trap to believing fake news. I learned a lot” (Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist). Rioting teenagers, tumbling stock markets, and the spread of religious terrorism appear to have little in common, but all are driven by the same basic instincts: the tendency to herd, follow, and imitate others. In today’s interconnected world, group choices all too often seem maladaptive. With unprecedented speed, information—or misinformation—flashes across the globe and drives rapid shifts in group opinion. Adverse results can include speculative economic bubbles, irrational denigration of scientists and other experts, seismic political reversals, and more. Drawing on insights from across the social, behavioral, and natural sciences, Michelle Baddeley explores contexts in which behavior is driven by the herd. She analyzes the rational vs. nonrational and cognitive vs. emotional forces involved, and she investigates why herding only sometimes works out well. With new perspectives on followers, leaders, and the pros and cons of herd behavior, Baddeley shines vivid light on human behavior in the context of our ever-more-connected world. “Her observations on how both risk-taking and conformism contributed to Donald Trump’s election, and on how social media affects ‘copycats,’ make for a well-timed and valuable study.” —Publishers Weekly “This might well become the defining book, for this decade and more, on the topic of herding and social influence.” —Cass Sunstein, co-author of Nudge
Download or read book Copycat written by Kimberla Lawson Roby and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author who "writes with high-octane levels of emotion" (USA Today). Befriending Traci Calloway Cole is the best thing Simone Phillips has ever done. Traci is the kind of woman Simone wants to be-in every way possible. She begins copying her role model. Not because she wants to be Traci. She just wants to be exactly like Traci. Traci doesn't worry, though. She knows Simone doesn't mean any harm and that her mimicry is only sincere admiration. Until she discovers how far Simone's obsession has gone. It is then that Simone's entire world begins unraveling, and dreadful secrets from her past are exposed with no warning. Secrets that she'll do almost anything to protect.
Download or read book Copycats Contrarians written by Michelle Baddeley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studie naar het sociale gedrag en indentiteit in de recente geschiedenis, met name aan de hand van social media. Waarom volgen en kopiëren we de ene, en zetten we ons af tegen de andere 'social influencer'.
Download or read book The Copycat written by Melody Mews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Itty realizes that she has a copycat in this eighth Itty Bitty Princess Kitty chapter book. Itty meets a young tiger named Tessa and it turns out she goes to Itty’s school! Itty thinks she’s nice and funny, and she can tell Tessa likes hanging out with her and her friends. But then Tessa shows up wearing the same dress as Itty—the one Itty had told her about that is very special to her. And in art class, Tessa copies Itty’s drawing. Itty doesn’t understand why Tessa is being such a...copycat! Does she really want to be Itty’s friend? Or does she just want to copy whatever Itty is doing? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on every page, the Itty Bitty Princess Kitty chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
Download or read book What are Nature s Copycats written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Big Science Ideas. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camouflage is blending into a natural environment, but mimicry is pretending to be another living thing to survive. Amazing photographs highlight this indepth look at the "masters of mimicry" who use shape, pattern, sound, smell, and/or behavior to fool predators or prey.
Download or read book The Copycat written by Wendy McLeod MacKnight and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fun and fast-paced romp.” —School Library Journal Ali has always acted like a copycat to make friends, but when she unexpectedly inherits the ability to change her appearance at will, fitting in seems impossible! Luckily, with the help of her family, new friends, and a touch of magic, Ali might just survive middle school after all. Ali and her parents have moved at least once a year for as long as Ali can remember. She’s attended six different schools, lived in dozens of apartments, and never really felt at home anywhere. But Ali’s parents say living in Saint John, New Brunswick, will be different. They’ve moved in with Ali’s great-grandmother?a lively ninety-nine-year-old with a quirky old house and room for all of them. Ali wants to believe it will be their last move, but everything seems too perfect to be true. To Ali’s surprise, things are different this time, but not in the way she’d hoped. She's inherited the Sloane family power?the ability to change her appearance into any living thing. Ali is a Copycat. Literally. And being the new kid at school is hard enough without worrying about turning into your teacher. Luckily, Ali’s new friends are eager to help. But as Ali soon learns, being a Copycat is no substitute for being yourself. The Copycat is a magical middle grade read for fans of Diana Wynne Jones, by the author of The Frame-Up.
Download or read book Copy Cats written by David Crouse and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of people trapped on the margins of society that are unwilling and often unable to differentiate reality from fantasy are featured in this collection of seven stories and a novella. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
Download or read book Copycat written by Alex Lake and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping new psychological thriller - a very creepy thriller about a woman with a stalker who seems to know everything about her, and has been in her house.
Download or read book Copycat Drawing Book written by Sally Kilroy and published by Dial Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A drawing book with step-by-step illustrations showing how to draw a wide variety of objects.
Download or read book Copycat Marketing 101 written by Burke Hedges and published by International Network Training Institute (INTI). This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Animal Noises written by Joe Pedley and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Different farm animals make different noises.
Download or read book Ruby the Copycat written by Peggy Rathmann and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruby keeps copying her classmate, until she learns how much fun it is to be herself. From Peggy Rathmann, the author of the bestselling GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA!Ruby is a copycat! On the day Angela wears a red bow in her hair, Ruby returns from lunch with a red bow in her hair. When Angela wears a flowered sweater, Ruby returns from lunch wearing a flowered sweater. Ruby even copies Angela's poem!Fortunately, Ruby has the patient and perceptive Miss Hart as her teacher. Miss Hart helps Ruby discover her own creative resources, which keeps Ruby literally jumping for joy!In this sensitive and endearing tale, Peggy Rathmann reveals, with charmingly offbeat illustrations, the universal struggle of a child trying to discover her own individuality.
Download or read book Copycat written by HELEN. BORTEN and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen Borten's Copycat, originally published in 1962, returns to print for the first time in decades to delight a new generation of children. Beautiful, warm and vivid, Helen Borten's picture books inspired a generation of children during the 1960s and '70s. In Copycat, Borten displays her distinctive illustration style, using layered prints and etchings to inspire a real sense of the wonders of life on a farm. These expressionistic images are perfectly complimented by clear and lyrical prose to tell a story of what it means to be comfortable in your own skin.
Download or read book Copycat written by Lauri Maerov and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1995 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A serial killer was on the loose in San Francisco. But not your ordinary savage sicko. This one was special. He called his assassinations art and paid homage to the great masters of mass murder by mirroring their methods. The Boston Strangler, Son of Sam, and Ted Bundy were just a few of his role models as he turned a computer into a deadly weapon that left no one safe and the law far behind. Only two women--Dr. Helen Hudson, a world-renowned criminologist, and Mary Jane Monahan, a tougher-than-tough female cop--could hope to stop him. But the killer welcomed their pursuit with open arms. For they would be the final trophies that would make him the most successful slayer of them all ..."--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book Kristy and the Copycat The Baby Sitters Club 74 written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kristy reluctantly takes part in a hazing prank for her softball team, she worries that her little stepsister, Karen, will find out the truth and think badly of her.
Download or read book The Copycat Effect written by Loren Coleman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-09-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE... A disturbed student shoots up his classroom -- and suddenly a wave of mass murder is sweeping through our nation's schools. A young child is taken from her home -- and for months afterward child abductions are frantically reported on an almost daily basis. A surfer is attacked by a shark -- and the public spends an entire summer fearing an onslaught of the deadly underwater predators. Why do the terrible events we see in the media always seem to lead to more of the same? Noted author and cultural behaviorist Loren Coleman explores how the media's over-saturated coverage of murders, suicides, and deadly tragedies makes an impact on our society. This is The Copycat Effect -- the phenomenon through which violent events spawn violence of the same type. From recognizing the emerging patterns of the Copycat Effect, to how we can deal with and counteract its consequences as individuals and as a culture, Loren Coleman has uncovered a tragic flaw of the information age -- a flaw which must be corrected before the next ripples of violence spread.
