Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff

Thinking Strategically

The international bestseller—don't compete without it!

A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneauvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy making and then shows how you can apply them in any area of your life.

"A gem of a book. It makes some important insights on the frontiers of economics and game theory easily accessible, tremendously enjoyable, and practically useful."—Buron G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street

"Dixit and Nalebuff set out sure-fire rules for thinking about strategy."—David Henderson, Fortune

"A fascinating new book that can be read with real pleasure. . . . The problem is, of course that if Dixit and Nalebuff can improve your strategic IQ, they can improve your competitor's as well—and the Japanese rights were sold months ago."—David Warsh, Washington Post