Thinking strategically : the competitive edge in business, politics, and everyday life

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Title:

Author:

Dixit, Avinash K.

ISBN:

9780393310351

Personal Author:

Dixit, Avinash K.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xi, 393 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents:

Ten tales of strategy -- Anticipating your rival's response -- Seeing through your rival's strategy -- Epilogue to part I -- Resolving the prisoners' dilemma -- Strategic moves -- Credible commitments -- Upredictability -- Epilogue to part II -- Brinkmanship -- Cooperation and coordination -- The strategy of voting -- Bargaining -- Incentives -- Case studies.

Abstract:

Sets forth the findings of game theory as a series of basic strategic principles, illustrated with stories of human interaction--in sports, politics, business, and personal life.

Subject Term:

Strategic planning.

Negociación.

Strategic planning. (OCoLC)fst01134371

Strategisches Management.

Spieltheorie. (DE-588)4056243-8

Strategisches Management. (DE-588)4124261-0

Added Author:

Nalebuff, Barry, 1958-

Electronic Access:

Inhaltsverzeichnis Thinking strategically

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Summary

The international bestseller--don't compete without it!

A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneuvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy making and then shows how you can apply them in any area of your life.