SEMESTER: Spring 2018

COURSE NUMBER: EW211.1

This course is dual-listed with the FTMBA Program

COURSE TITLE: Game Theory

UNITS OF CREDIT: 2 units

INSTRUCTOR: Steve Tadelis

E-MAIL ADDRESS: stadelis@berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: bCourses

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Thu 4-6pm (meets all 15 weeks)

PREREQUISITE(S): EWMBA201A

CAREER FIELD: General management

CLASS FORMAT Lectures, cases, in class experiential activities

REQUIRED READINGS Textbook TBD

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE midterm, final project, class participation.

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:

Many decisions one makes in business, and in life more generally, are interrelated with the decisions made by others. Game Theory is the discipline that studies strategic interaction, with two primary goals: First, to advise parties involved in situations of strategic interaction on the best course of action; and second, to predict the outcome of strategic interactions. This course is a survey of the main ideas and techniques of game-theoretic analysis related to real-life business situations including bargaining, conflict, negotiation, price and quantity competition, endogenous barriers to entry, and auctions. Classes will combine theory and applications, and the course emphasizes the identification and analysis of archetypal strategic situations frequently occurring in business. The course has a strong experiential component. Students will repeatedly participate in a variety of strategic situations thereby developing the ability to translate their analyses into practice. A working knowledge of basic calculus and ease with algebraic manipulation are prerequisites of the course. Prior exposure to microeconomics is very helpful.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: https://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/stadelis/