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- December 1973
- Article
On Non-Atomic Games
By: Elon Kohlberg
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling
Kohlberg, Elon. "On Non-Atomic Games." International Journal of Game Theory 2, no. 1 (December 1973): 87 – 98.
- October 1977 (Revised August 1978)
- Case
Pure Coalition Game
By: Howard Raiffa
Raiffa, Howard. "Pure Coalition Game." Harvard Business School Case 178-093, October 1977. (Revised August 1978.)
- Research Summary
The Game Has Changed
By: Max H. Bazerman
Many prior books on negotiation, including books co-authored by Max Bazerman, have addressed how to create and claim value in negotiation. These ideas have proliferated in business schools, where negotiation is often the most popular course. Class participants... View Details
- May 2008
- Teaching Note
Urban Video Game Academy: Getting in the Game (TN)
Teaching Note for [807122]. View Details
- November 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Background Note
Technical Game Theory Note #3: The Relationship Between Bimatrix and Extensive-Form Games and the Meaning of "Strategy"
By: Dennis A. Yao
Discusses extensive-form games and relates them to bimatrix games. View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
The Cooperative Solution of Stochastic Games
By: Elon Kohlberg and Abraham Neyman
Building on the work of Nash, Harsanyi, and Shapley, we define a cooperative solution for strategic games that takes account of both the competitive and the cooperative aspects of such games. We prove existence in the general (NTU) case and uniqueness in the TU... View Details
Kohlberg, Elon, and Abraham Neyman. "The Cooperative Solution of Stochastic Games." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-071, March 2015.
- Research Summary
The Equilibrium Concept in Game Theory
By: Elon Kohlberg
Elon Kohlberg is studying the foundations of the equilibrium concept in game theory, which is to the study of economic systems what the notion of "equilibrium of forces" is to the study of mechanical systems. Although much of economic theory can be viewed in... View Details
- August 2008 (Revised April 2012)
- Supplement
Real Property Negotiation Game (B): Buyer
By: Arthur I Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.
The Real Property Negotiation Game simulates the experience negotiating the sale, purchase, or financing of a property. The class competes as either a lender, buyer, or one of two groups of sellers, Raleigh, North Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada. The buyer case for the... View Details
Segel, Arthur I., and John H. Vogel, Jr. "Real Property Negotiation Game (B): Buyer." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-032, August 2008. (Revised April 2012.)
- April 2018 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
The Whistleblower at International Game Technology
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Robert Mayhem, a senior manager at International Game Technology, had filed a whistleblower report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that the company had misstatements in its financial reports. Mayhem’s report involved IGT’s practice of... View Details
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "The Whistleblower at International Game Technology." Harvard Business School Case 118-061, April 2018. (Revised December 2018.)
- Article
Skinned in the Game
By: Amar Bhidé
Bhidé, Amar. "Skinned in the Game." Barron's (June 25, 2012), 49.
- February 2008 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Laurence Longren: End Game
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence
This case examines a successful 64-year old as he considers his goals, and how he should be spending his time, at this stage of his life. It briefly recounts his life story, and provides a special focus on personal financial planning and wealth management issues. View Details
Stevenson, Howard H., and Shirley M. Spence. "Laurence Longren: End Game." Harvard Business School Case 808-076, February 2008. (Revised May 2010.)
- October 1977
- Exercise
Simplified Distributive Bargaining Game
By: Howard Raiffa
Keywords: Negotiation
Raiffa, Howard. "Simplified Distributive Bargaining Game." Harvard Business School Exercise 178-033, October 1977.
- January 2005 (Revised December 2006)
- Background Note
Midway's Entry into Milwaukee: An Interactive Game
By: Dennis A. Yao
Provides background and instructions to the Airline Pricing Game courseware (9-705-802), an interactive simulation of a new entry by a lower cost airline. The courseware allows students to make round-by-round competitive pricing decisions and react to changing market... View Details
- October 2005
- Teaching Note
Venture Capital Game (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Keywords: Venture Capital
- 2011
- Working Paper
Better-reply Dynamics in Deferred Acceptance Games
In this paper we address the question of learning in a two-sided matching mechanism that utilizes the deferred acceptance algorithm. We consider a repeated matching game where at each period agents observe their match and have the opportunity to revise their strategy... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Marketplace Matching; Outcome or Result; Game Theory; Mathematical Methods; Strategy
Haeringer, Guillaume, and Hanna Halaburda. "Better-reply Dynamics in Deferred Acceptance Games." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-126, June 2011.
- November 2006
- Background Note
Technical Game Theory Note #4: Contracting and Strategic Alliances
By: Dennis A. Yao
Provides a game theory-based interpretation of contracting and strategic alliances and introduces the problem of moral hazard. View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game
By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn
We propose a two-level-game (Putnam, 1988) perspective on gender in job negotiations. At Level 1, candidates negotiate with the employers. At Level 2, candidates negotiate with domestic partners. In order to illuminate the interplay between these two levels, we review... View Details
Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "Gender in Job Negotiations: A Two-Level Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-095, May 2008.
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
quality of games is that, thanks to tweaks in the design of postseason matchups, teams at the highest championship level more often find themselves facing their true competitive counterparts. It was not always so. Until 1992, as HBS... View Details
- 1998
- Chapter
Can Negotiators Outperform Game Theory?
By: M. H. Bazerman, R. Gibbons, L. Thompson and K. L. McGinn
Bazerman, M. H., R. Gibbons, L. Thompson, and K. L. McGinn. "Can Negotiators Outperform Game Theory?" Chap. 4 in Debating Rationality: Nonrational Aspects of Organizational Decision Making, edited by J. Halpern and R. N. Stern, 78–98. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, 1998. (Reprinted in A. Rau, E. Sherman, & S. Peppet (Eds.), Processes of Dispute Resolution, Foundation Press, 2002.)
- December 2004
- Case
Hasbro Games -- POX (B)
By: David B. Godes and Elie Ofek
Keywords: Video Game Industry
Godes, David B., and Elie Ofek. "Hasbro Games -- POX (B)." Harvard Business School Case 505-047, December 2004.