In order to find the determinants of non-penalty goals scored per match, in association football (soccer), this paper developed a regression model consisting of 8 explanatory variables, based on observations for 98 teams playing in the top tires of club football in England, Spain, Germany,...

Regression run on observations for 98 teams playing in the top tires of soccer leagues in England, Spain, Germany, France and Italy shows significant negative impact of number of crosses per game on number of non-penalty goals scored per game during the 2016-17 season. This finding is consistent...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Case Studies -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. What Managers Can Learn from Game Theory? -- 2. Business and Chess:Looking Forward, Reasoning Backward -- 3. Prisoner's Dilemma -- 4. Coordination and Anti-coordination Games -- 5.Strategic Moves: Threats, Promises...

Rawls (1958) suggested that it is possible to arrive at a fair allocation in a 2-player Nash demand game by granting equal gains to both players. Rawls theorized that players themselves would select this allocation if they bargain from the 'original position'. Harsanyi (1958) suggested the...