The art of strategy : a game theorist's guide to success in business & life /
By: Dixit, Avinash K.
Contributor(s): Nalebuff, Barry.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2008Description: xviii, 483 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393062434; 9780393062434:; 0393062430.Subject(s): Strategic planning
| Strategy | Game theory | Decision makingDDC classification: 658.4012 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-472) 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.