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Webinar Series
November 6, 2007
11:00 EST
Topic: Mergers & Acquisitions / Consolidating Markets
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December 5, 2007
11:00 EST
Topic: Entering A New Market / Outsourcing
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January 10, 2008
11:00 EST
Topic: Game Theory / 2x2 Ordinal Games
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Upcoming Events
October 24, 2007
Toronto, Canada
Join us for "Game Theory of Alliances" [details]
October 25-26, 2007
Bad Nauheim, Germany
Visit our booth at the 2007 Competitive Intelligence European Summit [details]
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“Business is a game, the greatest game in the world if you know how to play it."
- Thomas J. Watson, Founder of IBM |
Process Primer
Game Theory and Economic Decision Analysis
Game Theory and Economic Decision Analysis are very different approaches to strategic decision making, but are also very complementary to each other and can be used together in a synergistic and integrated process. [more]
Government Affairs | War Stories & Anecdotes
War Cries - The Story of Depot Harbour
All of the work we do at Open Options involves learning. Every new client means that there is new corporate culture to understand, and every case we work on exposes us to a new technology or a new way that people can interact. Our first years were particularly rich opportunities to learn. This story is about one eye-opening case that allowed me to look on the work I was doing from a whole new perspective. We had been asked to by a contact at Conestoga-Rovers and Associates (CRA), an environmental consulting company, to meet with him and “the Chief”. [more]
Mergers & Acquisitions | Free Webinar
Using Game Theory for Market Consolidation
Industries are increasingly consolidating through mergers and acquisitions. Particularly hot sectors today include banking/finance, resources and telecom/media. But, historically, most mergers have failed to meet the goals envisioned. This can be because acquirers have overpaid, synergies were not realized, or management issues could not be resolved for example. See how game theory can help to ensure that goals in a merger, acquisition or divestiture are realized. [more] | [register]
Late Breaking News
BG Group's 2007 Innovation Award goes to team using Open Options' process
BG Group, formerly British Gas, has awarded its Chief Executive Innovation Award for Enhanced Work Practices to a UK Upstream team for their use of game theory. The team, working in conjunction with Open Options, submitted Game Theory: A Business Tool For Multi-player Complex Issues.
Game Theorists win third Nobel Prize in Economics in 12 years
Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for developing Mechanism Design Theory. Their work, based on principles of game theory, looks at designing player-based rules for achieving specific outcomes.
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