Title:
Game-changer : game theory and the art of transforming strategic situations
Author:
Personal Author:
ISBN:
9780393239676
Publication Information:
New York, New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©2014.
Physical Description:
303 pages : illustrations, maps, charts, photographs ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Part 1: The game-changer's toolkit. Commit ; Game-theory focus 1: The timing of moves ; Invite regulation ; Game-theory focus 2: Strategic evolution ; Merge or "collude" ; Game-theory focus 3: Equilibrium concepts ; Enable retaliation ; Build trust ; Leverage relationships ; How to escape the Prisoners' Dilemma -- Part 2: The game-changer files. Price comparison sites ; Cod collapse ; Real estate agency ; Addicts in the emergency department ; eBay reputation ; Antibiotic resistance ; Epilogue: The triumph of game-awareness.
Abstract:
A business professor at Duke University shows professionals how to become empowered "game-changers" that use circumstances to their best advantage through applying six different techniques to solve a variety of strategic challenges.
