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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback) Paperback – April 17, 1993

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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 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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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"

Dixit and Nalebuff set out sure-fire rules for thinking about strategy. --David Henderson"

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. --Paul A. Volcker"

Machiavelli is brought up-to-date in this book by Dixit and Nalebuff. They make strategic tools humorous, human, and effective. --Elizabeth Bailey, former dean, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University"

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. --David Warsh

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 Thinking Strategically and enjoy the book. --Paul Samuelson

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 and the Japanese rights were sold months ago. --David Warsh

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. --Paul A. Volcker

Machiavelli is brought up-to-date in this book by Dixit and Nalebuff. They make strategic tools humorous, human, and effective. --Elizabeth Bailey, former dean, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University

Thinking Strategically gives you the vital components for good and effective negotiating. --Bob Woolf, author of Friendly Persuasion

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 Thinking Strategically and enjoy the book. --Paul Samuelson

About the Author

Avinash K. Dixit is Emeritus John J.F. Sherrerd University Professor of Economics at Princeton University, where he offered his popular freshman course in game theory. He is among the world’s leading economists, having made fundamental contributions in several major fields as well as in game theory. He is the author of many books, including Dixit/Nalebuff: Thinking Strategically (Norton, 1991), Dixit/Pindyck: Investment Under Uncertainty (Princeton University Press, 1994), and Dixit/Nalebuff: The Art of Strategy (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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition (April 17, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 393 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393310353
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393310351
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.4 inches

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Folger

Has a restricted view of the world

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020

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I did not read the whole book but it seems to portray the world as a series of fights, conflicts for limited resources, or competitions. We all know that winning AGAINST someone or something is not going to make us happy. Besides, life is not a sum-zero game.
I wish the tone of the book was more focused on how to open a dialogue and make the counterparty think more broadly, so that at least some common goals can be met.

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Anthony Tate.

One of the best introductory works on strategy

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2013

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Thinking Strategically is one of the first books I ever read on strategy. Since I read it it has changed my perspective and way of thinking and analyzing all sorts of problems from business to personal life. The book in a sense has become a manual of problem assessment in my life I have used its concepts in situations where I have to predict rivals moves in business, work and personal life. Also its concepts help you in situations where you have to bargain or assess opportunities and disadvantages in purchases, investments or even in choosing your partner. Thinking Strategically is a rational approach to decision making that can reduce the stress and anxiety of uncertainty and will give you better control in life. In the end outcomes in life are statistical and through good strategy you have a more dominant position reducing risk and loses.

The only thing missing in the book might be Harvard's strategy expert Michael Porter, who is one of the most important proponents on business strategy with his theory of the 5 forces. However Porter's approach is eminently business oriented and it doesn't have much applicability in other types of non-business scenarios.

Thinking Strategically is more a general overview of the most fundamental concepts and theories in strategy and definitely a must read for those interested in understanding more about decision making. Its power for the general public is the easy to understand reading of complex mathematical and economic concepts.

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Fun Read - Good Book

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2011

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So I recently moved from Banking industry into consulting. I keep hearing strategy this, Strategy consulting and it just confused me as to how is it different from plan. So I went online and looked this book up, an man is it interesting. It is a good book. So let me make few key points here:

- It is fun to read from page one (This is important to note as I am not a reader, i am a watcher, i love to watch movies)

- It is laid out well, I was infact so impressed that i started making notes as a I read it, and i suggest to get most out of this book make notes.

- Will this help you think strategically, umm I am not so sure, however, it will help you analyze what you read in the newspapers on a daily basis. Be it Budget talks in the white house and how one side is pushing the other over, how they strategize, you can actually guess and understand more than what you read at the surface in the news papers. And trust me it is a cool nerdy feeling. So in a way it helps you look into how people respond and build your best response. So over time it will help train you to become a strong strategist, but don't expect to be running Bain and company by the end of this book.

- Finally Price - you cant beat it, so much knowledge for so little, its like the arm chair economist, you should buy that too, if you like fun reads like this.

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O. Halabieh

Game Theory at It's Best!

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2011

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This book was recommended to me by my manager as one of his favorite business/leadership books. Thinking Strategically is a book that talks about the different decision requiring situations that involve multiple parties within a variety of settings - politics, corporate etc and the underlying game theory fundamentals. Namely some situations are where the parties involved act simultaneously and ones where they move in a sequential manner. For each backward reasoning is used to determine the different strategies and outcomes for each of the parties. The authors not only present the strategies, but also the reasoning on how one arrives to them and their superiority in different settings and more importantly their weakness in some of the scenarios. Not all problems, after all, have an equilibrium solution.

While there are a number of other books that discuss the topic of thinking and making decisions, this book set itself apart by the plethora of applied examples. My only criticism is that there is quite a bit of overlap amongst other sections. While that serves the reader who is reading one section at a time well, if you are reading the book cover to cover, you will find some repetition.

I will conclude with one of my top learnings from this book is and I quote: "...it suggests that in the case of making offers, "'Tis better to give than to receive."" This was in reference to tactics on bargaining.

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J HowlandTop Contributor: Baby

Solid strategic thought for the beginner

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2014

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Most of what you read in here is common sense if you've had any undergrad business. After completing my MBA I constantly look for ways to think more strategically so I purchased this book. It's pretty typical writing for a business book, that is fairly dry but right to the point. The author does try to spice it up a bit and make it interesting so I'll definitely give him credit for that. All in all this is a solid book about strategy. It would very likely be a 4 to 5 if you're just getting into management and do not yet have an advanced business degree.

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Carl Kirstein

more art than science

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2014

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I thought that strategy would have more substantial science behind it. Dixit introduces gaming theory and numerous interesting examples of how strategies were executed, but it is not easy to find the fundamental principles of strategy that one can apply everywhere. After reading the book I do not feel much more enlightened and enabled with strategy development and execution... except for the chapter on brinkmanship. That one was enlightening.

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Eye opener

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2017

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I liked the book. The authors examples and explanations helped out a lot on Game Theory and how it is used in some cases. I was able to follow along and keep up on most of it. I like math just as much as the next person, but the examples in the book were simplified enough for almost anyone to follow along. I would recommend this book for anyone that would like a different point of view when negotiating life's challenges, rather that be in personal life, business, or for fun.

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Se-de

Changes how you think

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2018

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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.

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AnonAmazoner

Entertaining Read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2015

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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!

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Juan Carlos

great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2018

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This product is as described by the vendor, great product

Amazon Customer

Great book for intro to game theory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2017

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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.

Ellen Dear

Strategic thinking, will change my life forever...................

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2012

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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?

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