Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations.
I found this so interesting because he shows that companies as they grow bigger don’t become more efficient more less. Which is different from most economic believes, advantages of scale quickly turn itself against the company.
Plus an article about him and his work:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19Urban_West-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all