The fourth edition of this acclaimed text is a rich resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in industrial organization, applied game theory, and management strategy. It incorporates game theory into industry analysis by studying the behavior of successful and failing firms as well as the structure-conduct-performance of particular industries. Chapters address a wide variety of issues concerning industry structure, policy towards business, and the strategic innovations and blunders of individual firms. New coverage of professional sports, soft drinks, distilled spirits, and cigarettes complements revised and updated chapters on airline services, retail and commercial banking, health insurance, motion pictures, and brewing. The book includes firm case studies of General Motors, Microsoft, Schlitz, and TiVo.
- ISBN10 1336282800
- ISBN13 9781336282803
- Publish Date 1 January 2015 (first published 15 February 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Taylor and Francis
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 385
- Language English