Game theory approach to managerial strategies and value creation

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Game Theory and Strategic Management -- 1.1. Game theory and strategic management: semantic and/or conceptual convergences? -- 1.2. The current position of game theory in strategic management -- 1.2.1. Game theory and the school of positioning -- 1.2.2. Growing interest for game theory -- 1.3. The theoretical determinants of coopetition: borrowed from game theory -- 1.3.1. The origin of coopetition -- 1.3.2. Coopetitive practices -- 1.3.3. Mechanisms of value creation in the value network (value net) -- 1.4. Conclusion -- 2. From Static Games to Dynamic Approaches -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Strategies and solution concepts: static games -- 2.2.1. Decentralized concepts -- 2.2.2. Maximin and Minimax solutions or the search for a new level of security -- 2.3. Process of dynamic decisions: solutions concepts -- 2.3.1. "Non-cooperative collusion" or "tacit collusion" -- 2.3.2. Sequential games -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 3. Coalitions Formation -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The notion of a coalition and the cooperative approach -- 3.3. Emergence of cooperation: from collective rationality to individual rationality -- 3.3.1. Some illustrations -- 3.3.2. Emergence of cooperation -- 3.4. A simple conceptual frame of analysis for cooperation: notions of internal and external stability of a coalition -- 3.4.1. The concept of stability as a basic property of cooperation -- 3.4.2. The stability as an equilibrium property of a game -- 3.4.3. Examples -- 3.4.4. The role of heterogeneities -- 3.4.5. R&D in a context of asymmetrical firms -- 3.5. Conclusion -- 4. Application 1: Dieselgate -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Storytelling: for those who missed the beginning -- 4.3. Presentation of the facts and strategic reading -- 4.4. The strategic variables and the associated game.