Game theory : anticipating reactions for winning actions / / Mark L. Burkey.

• Superior document: Economics collection,
• Author: Burkey, Mark L.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: 2013 digital library.; Economics collection.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic text (123 p.) :; digital file.
• Notes: Part of: 2013 digital library.

From its beginnings in the early 1900s, game theory has been a very mathematical, technical subject. However, it also provides valuable, everyday lessons that are important for managers and executives to understand. Current books and textbooks are mostly highly mathematical, and almost all are very long. This primer will deliver a focused and precise, largely nonmathematical overview of topics in game theory that are directly relevant managers and professionals in many fields.

Table of Contents

Preface -- 1. Introduction to game theory -- Part I. Simultaneous and sequential games with perfect information -- 2. How to "solve" a game I: simultaneous, one-shot games -- 3. Standard game types -- 4. Larger games and refinements to Nash equilibrium -- 5. How to solve a game II: sequential games -- 6. Repeated games and cooperation -- Part II. Information and other games -- 7. The theory of contracts: introduction to moral hazard and adverse selection -- 8. Corporate games I: games against your customers -- 9. Corporate games II: games against your employees -- 10. Corporate games III: games against the competition -- 11. Building cooperation in teams -- 12. Games against yourself -- Index.