Out-think!: How to Use Game Theory to Outsmart Your Competition

by Sumit Sarkar

Business managers make decisions in an interactive strategic environment that resembles games. ‘Out-Think’ makes game theoretic concepts usable for strategic decision-makers and functional managers. The book exposes the reader to game theory concepts using examples not only from the domain of business, but also from the fields of professional sports, parlour games like chess, poker etc., and military practices.

Genres: Business

232 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2015

About the author

Sumit Sarkar (1939-2026) was an Indian historian. He was the author of Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-1908 (1973), Modern India (1989), and Writing Social History (1998), among others. Sarkar was a founding member of the Subaltern Studies Group as well as one of its most important critics.

He was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar literary award by the West Bengal government in 2004. He returned the award in 2007 in protest against the expulsion of farmers from their land.

Reviews

[Marcell Nimführ · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read. Entry level for GT. Although the sub-title is over promised and under delivered.