gaming - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 1995 (Revised July 1995)
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Power Play (B): Sega in 16-bit Video Games

Home video-game systems were pioneered by the U.S. company Atari in the mid-1970s. After going through boom and bust in the early 1980s, the industry was resurrected in the mid-1980s by the Japanese company Nintendo. With its 8-bit video-game system, Nintendo... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Competition; Video Game Industry; Japan; United States

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2022
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Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game

By: Andrew Binns, Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael Tushman

Innovation used to be seen as a game best left to entrepreneurs, but now a new breed of corporate managers is flipping this logic on its head. These Corporate Explorers have the insight, resilience, and discipline to overcome the obstacles and build new ventures from... View Details

Keywords: Organization Change And Adaptation; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Leading Change

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2000
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Game Theory as a Tool for Market Design

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Game Theory; Market Design

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November 1, 2010
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The Mental Game of Breast Cancer, Part two

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling

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1990
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Service Breakthroughs: Changing the Rules of the Game

By: J. Heskett, C. Hart and W. E. Sasser Jr.

Keywords: Change; Service Industry

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26 Jun 2009
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For Pro Athletes, Business School Is No Game

17 Oct 2013
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New Game in Town: Investing in Pro Athletes

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 Jul 2016
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Prof. Howard Raiffa, Giant in Game Theory and Decision Analysis, Dies at 92

October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Fortinet: Cybersecurity Pioneer Ken Xie Considers the Long Game

By: Tsedal Neeley, Jeff Huizinga and Emily Grandjean

Ken Xie, cofounder of cybersecurity giant Fortinet, faced a critical decision that would validate his leadership. Fortinet became the industry’s second-largest pureplay cybersecurity firm by developing differentiated hardware and investing in R&D. However, after a... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Marketing Strategy; Communication Strategy; Cybersecurity; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology Industry; United States; Sunnyvale

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January 2022
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Strategic Agility: Lessons from the Game of Poker

By: Francesca Gino and Gary Pisano

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September 1974
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Repeated Games of Incomplete Information: The Symmetric Case

By: Elon Kohlberg and Shmuel Zamir

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Information

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19 Dec 2014
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Super-fast delivery is the new game in town

06 Feb 2014
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Why the X Games Won't Dethrone the Olympics

Keywords: disruptive innovation; sports; competitive advantage; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

2010
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Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

By: Malcolm S. Salter

This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details