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The art of strategy : a game theorist's guide to success in business & life / Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Co., 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: xviii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393337174
  • 0393337170
Other title:
  • Game theorist's guide to success in business & life
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD30.28 .D587 2010
Contents:
How should people behave in society? -- Tales of strategy -- Games solvable by backward reasoning -- Prisoners' dilemmas and how to resolve them -- A beautiful equilibrium -- Choice and chance -- Strategic moves -- Making strategies credible -- Interpreting and manipulating information -- Cooperation and coordination -- Auctions, bidding, and contests -- Bargaining -- Voting -- Incentives -- Case studies.
Summary: Using a diverse array of rich case studies - from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics and history - the author shows how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it.
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Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-446) and index.

How should people behave in society? -- Tales of strategy -- Games solvable by backward reasoning -- Prisoners' dilemmas and how to resolve them -- A beautiful equilibrium -- Choice and chance -- Strategic moves -- Making strategies credible -- Interpreting and manipulating information -- Cooperation and coordination -- Auctions, bidding, and contests -- Bargaining -- Voting -- Incentives -- Case studies.

Using a diverse array of rich case studies - from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics and history - the author shows how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it.

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