Thinking Strategically – The Competetive Edge in Business Politics & Everyday Reissue (Paper): The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback)

This book makes the otherwise complex and dry subject of Game Theory enjoyable. By using examples we are familiar with, such as the British elections in the chapter: Anticipating Your Rival's Response, subchapter: Games the British Play - the 1987 elections pitting The Conservative's Margaret Thatcher against Labour's Neil Kinnock.In Resolving the Prisoner's Dilemma, I like the use of the US's Republican and Conservatives on how they had to co-operate due to an inevitable Policy Change to increase taxes for the best outcome just like it is in the best interest of the Prisoners to co-operate. What about the OPEC Member countries colluding to drive the price of Crude Oil to unprecedented levels until the Cartel collapsed - the Prisoner's Dilemma highlighted by OPEC Countries.It's the use of familiar events, people and situations throughout the book that makes it easy to read, and really helps in developing one's Strategic Thinking. The stories it tells covers Business, Politics, gambling and so on. This book really makes Game Theory accessible to non-Game Theory scholars, like me.

Interesting book with a different perspective on Strategy. A bit repetitive but nonetheless a very interesting read. May help graduate (or undergraduate) students in gaining some insights and intuitions about game theory, this however without being a substitute for more "technical" books.

This product is as described by the vendor, great product

After deciding what to read next on my adventures, I was recommended to read Thinking Strategically. Now, after reading (I still haven't finished yet about 1/2 way through), this book has already helped me. It has saved money, and helped my game theory knowledge which was non-existent before reading. This book, once you get started is hard to put down, and anything mentioned applies wherever you go, and whatever you do! (don't want to ruin it too much) both authors of this book, also have their own personal experiences in this book, as well as well known examples. A Must read, should you want to learn more about game theory, and outwit everyone else!

Largely seen as one of the authorities on the topic of strategy, this book delivers as promised.However, it is important to understand what you are getting from this book. Its aim is to take you through case study after case study to get you into the habit of looking at real world problems and then structuring them into technical game theory set-ups. All the game theory in the book covered ground I already knew well, but that I was not in the habit of applying to situations I faced in the real world.The technical and mathematical elements are not too difficult, but a basic understanding of game theory would be helpful.

a very interesting read. a good framework on decision making in a fluid and dynamic world. definitely helped me in my poker endeavor. it's a buy if you believe you should take an analytic approach to life.

Quite a complex book, so not light reading, but very interesting. I look forward to using some of the methods, and see what the impact is. Definately a book for people who want to seriously learn about startegic thinking. If you put the book down, you'll have to re-read some to understand/follow the ideas, or is that just me?

Great book for intro to game theory. Art of Strategy (the updated version) is probably better but very similar anyway. Heavy of anecdotal explanations which may or may mot appeal to you.

Para quem trabalha com processo decisório, esse livro é obrigatório.

Read first few chapters. Looks interesting so far!

Ich bin wirklich überrascht – ich las das hier rezensierte THINKING STRATEGICALLY von Dixit und Nalebuff erstmals Mitte der 90er Jahre und war nun bei erneuter Lektüre mehr als erstaunt, wie gut sich das Buch nach mehr als einem Vierteljahrhundert immer noch schlägt.THINKING STRATEGICALLY ist ein schlichtweg sehr gut geschriebenes, hochinteressantes Buch über das Feld der Spieltheorie, und somit über ein Thema, welches sehr viele Erscheinungsformen der Interaktion erklären kann. Ich glaube tatsächlich, dass es kein besseres Buch für dieses wichtige Thema gibt - und die Art und Weise, wie die Autoren die Grundzüge des strategischen Denkens umreißen ist nicht nur hochinteressante Lektüre, sondern tatsächlich auch anwendbares Wissen. Wichtige Entscheidung unter strategischen Gesichtspunkten zu betrachten ist sicherlich etwas, von dem man immer wieder profitieren kann - undderartige strategische Gesichtspunkte komplett außer acht zu lassen ist sicherlich keine wirklich effiziente Vorgehensweise für das Leben.Natürlich merkt man dem Buch anhand seiner Beispiele an, dass es Anfang der neunziger geschrieben wurde – dies schmälert den Wert des Werkes meiner Ansicht nach allerdings nicht wesentlich, da sich die Spieltheorie und die strategische Denkweise als solche eher zeitlos ist, es geht ja gerade um eine abstrakte Sichtweise.Alles in allem: ein enorm lesenswertes Buch über ein hochinteressantes Thema.Von mir gibt es 5 Sterne.

El libro llegó en perfecto estado. Es nuevo, muy ligero, por lo que se puede llevar con practicidad. Lo estoy leyendo para una clase de maestría, el contenido es interesante. El precio es mucho mejor que en librerías. Lo recomiendo.

Great read. The cases at the end of each chapter were quite helpful.