Thinking Strategically The Competitive Edge in Business Politics and Everyday Life Norton Paperback

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Pros

Kindle version is easy to read and graphs are no way distorted. This is not an academic book, but it teaches. The reading is dense at times but it has enough memorable stories to draw on.

Concepts are illustrated through examples taken from business, politics, sports, and everyday life. Examples are a bit old in this version but still completely understandable. This is really cool and its not cmplicated at all for a beginner.

Outstanding instruction on how to think strategically. A useful way of thinking in all facets of life.

Art of strategic thinking is the art of outdoing an adversary, knowing that the adversary is trying to do the same to you. The book explains the value of making credible commitments, of sometimes being unpredictable, and of playing chicken with brinks... Read More

Strategic thinking is the art and science of determining how you should act in a competitive environment. Successive chapters present aspects of strategic thinking and explore their variations. Using examples from sports, politics, history--and even a... Read More

Cons

Game theory & has almost no relvevance in the business world. Not an easy read, the various stories are not geared to capture the minds of the majority.

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Quality

The book has great structure with theory and examples to show how to apply game theory to every day situations.

This gets to the core of providing a tool for navigating through life's decisions, and does it in a manner that does not demand... Read More

The format starts off with easy concepts, and develops the insights to complex situations.

Need new data and could be more concise

Price

- finally price - you cant beat it, so much knowledge for so little, its like the arm chair economist, you should buy that too,... Read More

I got a new book because this was cheaper than getting a used copy for school.

I wold buy again products from this seller because everything was as described and the price was good

Packaging/appearance

Came in the mail in perfect shape; brand new book!

Competitiveness

" so begins dixit and nalebuff's guide to gaining the competitive edge.

We learn the relative strengths of cooperative and competitive strategies and how to choose between them.

Maybe a method or steps to analyze a competitive situation.

However porter's approach is eminently business oriented and it doesn't have much applicability in other types of non-business scenarios.

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This product had a total of 700 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 8 2024.