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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 outmaneauvering 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.
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"A gem of a book. It makes some important insights on the frontiers of economics and game theory easily accessible, tremendously enjoyable, and practically useful." Buron G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street
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"Dixit and Nalebuff set out sure-fire rules for thinking about strategy." David Henderson
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"A fascinating new book that can be read with real pleasure.... The problem is, of course, that if Dixit and Nalebuff can improve your strategic IQ, they can improve your competitor's as well." Fortune
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" " Elizabeth Bailey, former dean, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
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" " Paul A. Volcker
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" " Bob Woolf, author of Friendly Persuasion
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"Machiavelli is brought up-to-date in this book by Dixit and Nalebuff. They make strategic tools humorous, human, and effective." Fortune
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"I confess that I have never thought of monetary policy or government as a game, but Professors Dixit and Nalebuff succeed brilliantly in clarifying questions we all face in decision-making, elevated or mundane." Elizabeth Bailey, former dean, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
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"To be literate in the modern age, you need to have a general understanding of game theory. Dixit and Nalebuff provide the skeleton key. You'll benefit from and enjoy the book." Paul A. Volcker
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A major bestseller in Japan, Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, 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.
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About the Author
Avinash Dixit is recently retired as the John J. F. Sherrerd University Professor of Economics at Princeton University, where he offered his popular freshman course in game theory for many years. He is among the world’s leading economists, having made fundamental contributions in several major fields, including game theory. He is the author of many books, including Thinking Strategically (with Barry J. Nalebuff, Norton, 1991), and The Art of Strategy (also with Barry J. Nalebuff, Norton, 2009).Barry J. Nalebuff is the Milton Steinbach Professor at the Yale School of Management. Nalebuff applies game theory to business strategy and is the co-founder of one of America's fastest-growing companies, Honest Tea.