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  • 1.  Introductory Game Theory article

    Posted 02-11-2010 10:34

    Hello everyone,

    Does anyone know of a good introductory article for game theory that they have found useful for background and key assumptions? I am looking for a 10-15 page article to provide an overview of game theory for a group of MBA students (something like an HBR or CMR). Any suggestions would be appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

    Todd

     

    Todd M. Alessandri, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    International Business and Strategy Group

    319K Hayden Hall

    Northeastern University

    360 Huntington Ave.

    Boston, MA 02115

    Email: t.alessandri@neu.edu

    Phone: 617-373-4024

     



  • 2.  Introductory Game Theory article

    Posted 02-11-2010 13:21
    Hi Todd:

    Here are a few game theory teaching/education resources, perhaps they can offer helpful insights:

    http://www.gametheory.net/educators.html

    http://www2.owen.vanderbilt.edu/Mike.Shor/courses/game-theory/docs/lecture01/WSJ.html

    http://www.agsm.edu.au/bobm/teaching/SGTM.html

    http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/rjmorgan/mba211/Game%20Theory%20Syllabus.doc

    A Course in Game Theory
    ~ Martin J. Osborne & Ariel Rubinstein

    http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/ejrot/cmsconference/2005/proceedings/whithermba/Gold.pdf

    Best,
    Ann


    On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Alessandri, Todd <T.Alessandri@neu.edu> wrote:

    Hello everyone,

    Does anyone know of a good introductory article for game theory that they have found useful for background and key assumptions? I am looking for a 10-15 page article to provide an overview of game theory for a group of MBA students (something like an HBR or CMR). Any suggestions would be appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

    Todd

     

    Todd M. Alessandri, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    International Business and Strategy Group

    319K Hayden Hall

    Northeastern University

    360 Huntington Ave.

    Boston, MA 02115

    Email: t.alessandri@neu.edu

    Phone: 617-373-4024

     




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  • 3.  Introductory Game Theory article

    Posted 02-11-2010 13:35
    Look at my colleagues site


    He has a bunch of articles he uses for teaching this to MBAs

    Prof. Timothy Devinney

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    On 12/02/2010, at 5:08 AM, Alessandri, Todd wrote:

    Hello everyone,
    Does anyone know of a good introductory article for game theory that they have found useful for background and key assumptions? I am looking for a 10-15 page article to provide an overview of game theory for a group of MBA students (something like an HBR or CMR). Any suggestions would be appreciated.
     
    Thanks,
    Todd
     
    Todd M. Alessandri, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    International Business and Strategy Group
    319K Hayden Hall
    Northeastern University
    360 Huntington Ave.
    Boston, MA 02115
    Phone: 617-373-4024
     



  • 4.  Introductory Game Theory article

    Posted 02-11-2010 13:43
     

    Here is one possibility:

     

    http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1994/nash-lecture.pdf

     

    It is the text format of the Nobel Prize seminar when John Nash won the 1994 award in economics.  Since the paper is focused on non-cooperative games, it has applicability to many market situations.  It is longer than 15 pages, but the seminar format of the paper makes it a quick read.  Plus, it will introduce the group to the wealth of information available in the Nobel Prize lectures.

     

    Kind regards,

     

    Michael Maxwell

     

     

     

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    Hello everyone,

    Does anyone know of a good introductory article for game theory that they have found useful for background and key assumptions? I am looking for a 10-15 page article to provide an overview of game theory for a group of MBA students (something like an HBR or CMR). Any suggestions would be appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

    Todd

     

    Todd M. Alessandri, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor

    International Business and Strategy Group

    319K Hayden Hall

    Northeastern University

    360 Huntington Ave.

    Boston, MA 02115

    Email: t.alessandri@neu.edu

    Phone: 617-373-4024

     



  • 5.  Introductory Game Theory article

    Posted 02-12-2010 11:36
    Hi Todd:
    This suggestion doesn't fit your stated needs, but you may find it
    helpful. This is a two page article on how the movie industry uses game
    theory to schedule movie release dates. It's not intended as a text about
    what game theory is /how to do the calculations, but I have found students
    like it because it provides a concrete example of game theory in use.
    Sometimes you get lucky and an MBA is aware of a similar report in their
    industry, and can use that to enrich the conversation. I would use this
    as a supplement to the many good articles colleagues have suggested.

    (See attached file: Hidden Persuaders from slate - - game theory.doc)

    peace,
    Jay J. Janney, Ph.D.
    Berry Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship
    Associate Professor, Management and Marketing Department
    Coordinator, University of Dayton Business Plan Competition
    University of Dayton
    janney@notes.udayton.edu
    (937) 229-2975 (office)
    www.UDBPC.com