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Game Theory at Work — How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition | ||
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Acknowledgments | ||
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Chapter 1 | - | Introduction |
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Chapter 2 | - | Threats, Promises, and Sequential Games |
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Chapter 3 | - | The Dangers of Price Competition |
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Chapter 4 | - | Simultaneous Games |
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Chapter 5 | - | Massive Coordination Games |
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Chapter 6 | - | Nash Equilibria |
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Chapter 7 | - | Prisoners’ Dilemma |
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Chapter 8 | - | Adverse Selection |
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Chapter 9 | - | Surviving with Limited Information |
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Chapter 10 | - | Price Discrimination and Other Pricing Strategies |
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Chapter 11 | - | Holdups |
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Chapter 12 | - | Spending Other People’s Money |
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Chapter 13 | - | Managing Employees |
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Chapter 14 | - | Negotiations |
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Chapter 15 | - | Auctions |
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Chapter 16 | - | The Stock Market |
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Chapter 17 | - | Further Readings and References |
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Appendix | - | Study Questions |
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Notes | ||
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Index | ||
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List of Figures | ||
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List of Tables | ||
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Game theory—the study of how
Game Theory at Work
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At its essence, business is a game, albeit a profoundly serious game that must always be
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Game theory at work : how to use game theory to outthink and
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