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An Impossibility Theorem on Beliefs in Games (with H. Jerome Keisler)
A 'paradox' of self-reference in beliefs in games is identified, which yields a game-theoretic impossibility theorem akin to (a weak form of) Tarski's Theorem of mathematical logic. A rough interpretation of the theorem is that if a model of a game is available to the... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (A): The Age of Atari
Tells the story of the rise and fall of Atari Corp., the dominant player in arcade and home video games in the 1970s and early 1980s. During this period, Atari grew from a $500 initial investment into a $2 billion in revenues per year enterprise, becoming the fastest... View Details
Coughlan, Peter J., and Deborah Freier. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (A): The Age of Atari." Harvard Business School Case 701-091, February 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- August 2010
- Teaching Note
The London 2012 Olympic Games (TN)
By: John T. Gourville and Marco Bertini
Teaching Note for 510039. View Details
- October 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Teaching Note
Electronic Arts in Online Gaming (TN)
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
GolfLogix: Measuring the Game of Golf
By: John T. Gourville and Professor Jerry N. Conover
GolfLogix has developed a small, GPS-based device to help golfers track their play. They must decide how best to distribute these devices: 1) sell them directly to golfers through traditional retail channels; 2) sell them to courses, which would then provide them to... View Details
Keywords: Distribution Channels; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Innovation and Invention; Measurement and Metrics
Gourville, John T., and Professor Jerry N. Conover. "GolfLogix: Measuring the Game of Golf." Harvard Business School Case 503-004, September 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
- April 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Tarnished Rings? Olympic Games Sponsorship Issues
By: John A. Clendenin and Stephen A. Greyser
Focuses on the impacts for Olympic sponsor companies of the bribery allegations related to the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee's successful bid for the 2002 Winter Games. The spread of the scandal to the International Olympic Committee board members and the recent... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Crisis Management; Marketing Channels; Consumer Behavior; Value Creation; Sports Industry
Clendenin, John A., and Stephen A. Greyser. "Tarnished Rings? Olympic Games Sponsorship Issues." Harvard Business School Case 599-107, April 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- November 1976 (Revised June 1979)
- Background Note
Simplified, Highly Structured, Union-Management Strike Game
By: Howard Raiffa
Keywords: Labor and Management Relations
Raiffa, Howard. "Simplified, Highly Structured, Union-Management Strike Game." Harvard Business School Background Note 177-112, November 1976. (Revised June 1979.)
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Skillz: Esports and Skill-Based Mobile Gaming
By: Andy Wu
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-358. View Details
- April 2018 (Revised February 2022)
- Teaching Note
The Whistleblower at International Game Technology
By: Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese
Teaching Note for HBS No. 118-061. View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Game Time Decision for AppDirect (TN)
By: Andrei Hagiu, Laura Arjona and Emily Zhang
Teaching Note for 712-410. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
- Article
When the Name Is the Game
By: Marco Bertini, John Gourville and Elie Ofek
In Romeo and Juliet, the fair maiden asks, "What's in a name?" When it comes to marketing next-generation products for the global marketplace, we have done extensive research and found that names can play an enormous role in a product's success. View Details
Keywords: Next-generation Products; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Global Range
Bertini, Marco, John Gourville, and Elie Ofek. "When the Name Is the Game." Business Strategy Review 22, no. 3 (Fall 2011): 50–55.
- June 2001
- Case
Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO
Outlines the events leading up to 3DO's exit from the home video game licensing business. 3DO's business model is considered flawed because of its incompatibility with industry structure and economics. View Details
Coughlan, Peter J., and Deborah Freier. "Competitive Dynamics in Home Video Games (F): The Fall of 3DO." Harvard Business School Case 701-096, June 2001.
- 29 Jun 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Better-reply Dynamics in Deferred Acceptance Games
Keywords: by Guillaume Haeringer & Hanna Halaburda
- December 22, 2007
- Editorial
Bush's Game of Chess in Iraq
By: A. Zelleke
Zelleke, A. "Bush's Game of Chess in Iraq." Boston Globe (December 22, 2007).
- October 30, 1994
- Article
Sports Strikes: Let the Games Continue
By: James K. Sebenius and Michael A. Wheeler
Sebenius, James K., and Michael A. Wheeler. "Sports Strikes: Let the Games Continue." New York Times (October 30, 1994), Sect. 3, p. 9.
- April 2008
- Teaching Note
Sony PlayStation 3: Game Over? (TN)
By: Elie Ofek
Teaching Note for [508076]. View Details
Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry
- November 2003
- Article
3-D Negotiation: Playing the Whole Game
By: James K. Sebenius and David A. Lax
Keywords: Negotiation
Sebenius, James K., and David A. Lax. "3-D Negotiation: Playing the Whole Game." Harvard Business Review 81, no. 11 (November 2003): 65–74.
- 1976
- Article
The Asymptotic Theory of Stochastic Games
By: Truman F. Bewley and Elon Kohlberg
Bewley, Truman F., and Elon Kohlberg. "The Asymptotic Theory of Stochastic Games." Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 1 (1976): 197 – 208.
- June 2008
- Article
Minimally Acceptable Altruism and the Ultimatum Game
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
I suppose that people react with anger when others show themselves not to be minimally altruistic. With heterogeneous agents, this can account for the experimental results of ultimatum and dictator games. Moreover, it can account for the surprisingly large fraction of... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Minimally Acceptable Altruism and the Ultimatum Game." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 66, nos. 3-4 (June 2008).