"Gain a Competitive Edge with Strategic Thinking: A Guide for Business, Management, and Life"

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

Brazil on Dec 06, 2023

Parsec: 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...

Germany on Aug 08, 2021

Andrea GT: 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.

Mexico on Nov 13, 2019

Somjit Das: The tone of the language is really interesting. A throughout researched book. In a sine weekend I have completed the book. This book activates your thinking pattern. Kudos to Dixit and Nakebuff

India on Sep 02, 2019

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

Canada on Jan 20, 2019

SomeGuy&Gal: 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...

United States on Jul 29, 2011

John M. Ford: "Strategic thinking is the art of outdoing an adversary, knowing that the adversary is trying to do the same to you." So begins Dixit and Nalebuff's guide to gaining the competitive edge. They intend this book for "businessmen," politicians, football coaches and parents--anyone who contends with an adversary. Their goal is to teach readers about game theory, the "emerging science of strategy," without jargon or mathematical formulas.

They begin with "ten tales of strategy" from a variety of settings. Using examples from sports, politics, history--and even a children's fairy tale--the authors illustrate the pervasive need for strategic thinking. Successive chapters present aspects of strategic thinking and explore their variations. Initial chapters address anticipating a rival's response, seeing through a rival's strategy, and adopting the best strategy in the cooperate-or-betray game of the Prisoner's Dilemma.

The authors then explore the art of making strategic moves, actions "...designed to alter the beliefs and actions of others in a direction favorable to yourself." We learn about unconditional moves as well as threats, promises, warnings and assurances....

United States on Dec 06, 2010

K. Johnson: "Thinking Strategically" is a helpful and likeable primer for those who want to dabble and/or learn about general everyday concepts of Game Theory. It's also for those who don't want to get too deep into the minutia of the mathematics, calculus, and statistical probability of Game Theory. The real-life examples and matrices used in this book are applied by the author and can be applied by anyone in many everyday-life scenarios: getting a cab, negotiating private contracting work, or general bargaining, for example. In Business, whether two competing magazines should both advertise, have only one advertise, or have both not advertise. (Better for both not to advertise.) Cartels are also examined.

Other matrices, examples, and anecdotes, are applied in this book in business, politics, and sports. E.g., the strategy of an NFL football team's offense and defense, Stalin's "Scorched Earth Defense," and how a pitcher rotates his pitching selection are explained quite well, as examples. It seems a good portion of human instincts and traits are involved in the aspects of Game Theory. We already intuitively know about these elements before reading this introductory book. But we can...

United States on Jul 19, 2007