COURSE NUMBER: MBA211.1
This course is
dual-listed with the Evening-Weekend MBA 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): MBA201A
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/