Game Theory and Business Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chatterjee, Kalyan (Editor), Samuelson, William F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2001.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 35
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

In the last twenty-five years, game theory has been applied to a growing number of practical problems: from antitrust analysis to monetary policy; from the design of auction institutions to the structuring of incentives within firms; from patent races to dispute resolution. The purpose of Game Theor...

Table of Contents:

• Game Theory Models in Finance
• Game Theory Models in Accounting
• Game Theory Models in Operations Management and Information Systems
• Incentive Contracting and the Franchise Decision
• Cooperative Games and Business Strategy
• Renegotiation in the Repeated Amnesty Dilemma, with Economic Applications
• Reputation and Signalling Quality through Price Choice
• Game Theory and the Practice of Bargaining
• Auctions in Theory and Practice
• The Economics of Auctions and Bidder Collusion
• Activity Rules for an Iterated Double Auction.