THINKING STRATEGICALLY
Avinash K. Dixit (Author, Princeton University), Barry J. Nalebuff (Author)The international bestseller-don’t compete without it!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.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Book Quality (not content) is Good
Book Quality (not content) is Good.
The content also is great so far.(I have read only half of the book) However all the examples used in the book are from a USA perspective. Given I am a visitor to US some examples were unknown to me.
4 Stars Thought provoking from cover to cover
I picked up this book to satisfy a recent interest in game theory. It has proven to be a very interesting, thought provoking book. I especially like the examples peppered throughout the book which aids in clearer understanding. More than that though, I like the absence of mind numbing math which is common in this field. I would suggest this book for the casual game theory/strategist, as well as those looking for more meat.
5 Stars This Book Will Change Your Perspective
Thinking Strategically is a very accessible introduction to game theory. If you have not been exposed to game theory, or have failed to understand more technical books on the subject, this is the book that you should read.
It will change your perspective on strategy.
5 Stars Game theory for dummies
This is a terrific book written by two prominent researchers in the field of game theory who decided to bring their area of expertise to the masses. It fully deserves its bestseller status for distilling many of the most important concepts from game theory into a math-free format, with plenty of salient applications. Anyone who enjoys this book should be able to take something useful from it.
Thinking Strategically was required as a supplementary text in a game theory course I took as an undergrad; while I enjoyed the notation-heavy textbook, Osborne’s An Introduction to Game Theory, Dixit and Nalebuff are beyond comparison in their ability to distill complicated problems into simple, intuitive solutions.
4 Stars It’s Useful Information Changes Your Perception
What you can learn from this book can change your perception of the world around you. After reading this I really felt like I’d tapped into a resource of information (the field of game theory) that I should have been exposed to years ago.
I won’t use this as a business person or as a politician, but I feel it’s important to see the tools these folks are using (believe me, they’re using them!). As the title says already - “everyday life.”
When you realize that other people are using strategies even if they haven’t read a book like this, then you can realize that life is more like a game than you realized, and that to make things work best for you and those in your life, you’ve got to use strategy!
So, I would recommend this book as an essential tool for anyone who is old enough to understand it. Even though it’s virtually free of complicated mathematics, some topics will be over the heads of some readers. But that’s ok. The general idea of asking questions and realizing we all use strategies will naturally improve one’s abilities.
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