Recommended Reading
SGG founder Paul Papayoanou's book, Game Theory for Business: A Primer in Strategic Gaming, is now out! The book outlines a straightforward, practical approach for using game theory and demonstrates how Strategic Gaming has, can, and should be applied to help savvy strategists and negotiators shape and play the game of business effectively.
To see the Table of Contents, click here. For a review of the book, click here.
To get your copy, you can order directly with the publisher (at a potential discount) or go to Amazon. It is also now available for the Kindle and for the iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch at iTunes.
For an introduction to game theory and the logic of strategic interaction, we also recommend the following books:
- Thinking Strategically, Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff
- The Strategy of Conflict, Thomas Schelling
To read more about Strategic Gaming and for other books on using game theory in business, see the following resources:
- “Decision Analysis and Game Theory: Competition or Complementarity?” Paul Papayoanou, Decision Analysis Today 30, 2 (August/September 2011)
- “Shaping Winning Business Strategies with Game Theory,” Paul Papayoanou and Jay Goldman, Financial Executive (March/April 2003)
- “The Merger Game: Designing Optimal Strategies for Electric Utilities,” Paul Papayoanou, Electricity Journal (March 2001)
- Co-opetition, Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff
- Games, Strategies, & Managers, John McMillan
To see if Strategic Gaming can help you, click here.