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Now available in paperback, with an all new Reader's guide, The New York Times and Business Week bestseller Co-opetition revolutionized the game of business. With over 40,000 copies sold and now in its 9th printing, Co-opetition is a business strategy that goes beyond the old rules of competition and cooperation to combine the advantages of both. Co-opetition is a pioneering, high profit means of leveraging business relationships.
Intel, Nintendo, American Express, NutraSweet, American Airlines, and dozens of other companies have been using the strategies of co-opetition to change the game of business to their benefit. Formulating strategies based on game theory, authors Brandenburger and Nalebuff created a book that's insightful and instructive for managers eager to move their companies into a new mind set.
Customer Reviews:
Decent, old ideas in new packaging.......2007-08-29
You'd be better off working through Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter, there's nothing in here that isn't in Porter's book. This books is a little easier to read for the casual reader however and does have more examples to explain the topics.
A classic, an introduction to negotiation and its links to game theory and business strategy.......2007-07-17
The book starts showing that business is not always the adversarial relationship that is usually presented in many strategy books. The authors contend that business is war and peace at the same time, hence the name: cooperation and competition contract to co-opetition.
The book develops further the well known five-forces analysis to create the value net, and show that a company is interested in the well-being of some of the other market participants -a typical example is the DVD player makers and the movie producers, the more records are on offer the more DVD players are available, which makes more interesting to keep publishing records. Game theory is introduced as the method to link competition and cooperation opening the second part of the book, which shows a structured method how to approach and improve your position in negotiations.
The method follows the acronym PARTS, which stands for:
-Players, who profits from taking part in a negotiation.
-Added-values, what are you and other players bringing to the negotiation.
-Rules, how can you improve contracts.
-Tactics, how perceptions influence the results and how you can change it.
-Scope, are there other issues or negotiations that can be linked to the negotiation.
Every point is well developed linking it to the points mentioned earlier, or the idea of the value net, and with plenty of examples from real life.
If you want to read a basic book on negotiation this is a great choice.
Insightfull.......2007-01-09
It is book to be re-readed and "worked" because it is thorough and with lots of ideas that transform in some way the way we should see competition and the interaction of a company with the market, its competitors, etc....
Its clear for all that the world is not so simple as us and the rest that compete with us but the authors books elaborate a framework for better understanding of the market complexity.
Enrique.
Not a book to skim through.......2006-10-20
I took Co-opetition with me to a coast-to-coast flight hoping to start practicing a fast reading method. Brad Feld explained on his blog how he succeeds to read 8(!) books a week: "(a) no TV, (b) no kids, (c) four to six hours a night of reading, and (d) the willingness / ability to skim when things are dull". So I thought to try the method with Co-opetition and to complete it on my way from Atlanta to Palo Alto. From all the requirements only the willingness/ability to skim wasn't provided upfront. After the first dozen of pages I understood that that's not a skim-through book.
Adam and Barry made a book sharing principles of strategy, tactics, and planning carrying away your attention by clear reasoning, crystal logic, plain English, and bright examples. The book can takes it place on one's shelf next to "Good to great", "Marketing warfare", and the books of Jeoffrey Moore but unlike the latter doesn't goo too far in the academic direction. Quite the contrary, it oozes real, top brand examples, spending 90% of the text describing the stories of failure and success and only 10% devoting to formulating principles and recapping the arguments.
The book consists of two parts: the game of business and the PARTS of strategy.
The first part (about 1/3 of the book) introduces the concept of the value net reminding in a certain way Porter's five forces. The authors present a square graph with the business placed in the crossing of the diagonals and customers/suppliers and competitors/complementers taking the opposite corners of the square. The book explains the theory of balanced forces and promotes principles and approaches symmetrically applicable to the corners of the net.
The war/piece preamble breaks the concept of known in advance friends and foes. Introducing multiple perspectives the authors claim that in the modern business world everything should be viewed through the prism of the net and simple definitions don't work anymore.
The PARTS (Players, Added value, Rules, Tactics, and Scope) are the components describing the game and depending on particular circumstances and targets the components have to be re-evaluated and re-mapped.
After introducing the concept the authors in the rest of the book religiously describe each of the components bringing tens of examples following and breaking the principles (and leading to success or failure correspondingly. Bright and bold marketing strategies of great companies leading to win-win situations with competitors, customers, suppliers, and complementers captivate you and don't let skim over. For every case of success the book brings a counter-example of failure as well cementing the principle and equally teaching and convincing the reader.
Among many other topics particular attention is devoted to such as how to manage negotiations, how to deal with perceptions, how to plan prices and avoid wars, how to establish and change rules, which tactics to apply, and how to analyze scopes.
Many new ideas flooded by almost detective business examples preclude me from skimming a paragraph in the book. A great pace with which the book expounding the matter, vivid examples, clear language, and strong (at times shocking) ideas make this book a solid must for everybody who deals with building, positioning, and rolling out products or services. Highly recommended!
co-opetition is fascinating, innovative and practical.......2006-08-09
I was lucky enough to read this book while being taught Game Theory & Business Strategy by Adam Brandenburger, who is unequivocally one of the best Professors I've had in B-school.
To the criticisms of this book that it does not include the theoretical aspects of game theory and modeling, that may be true, but the purpose is not necessarily theory but practical application. When I read this book, I was also in the process of reading and learning about specific game theory and actual games, so it tied together well. If that is what you are looking for, I recommend this approach.
In terms of what you will get: many "A-ha!" moments with regard to analyzing a competitive situation and how to take advantage of the opportunity available, including changing the game and learning who is really in a position of power.
A must read for anyone interested in learning how to leverage their position in the game of business strategy!
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Play the game to win
"More and more CEOs are discovering that managing one's business environment is as important as managing operations, finance, and sales. Winning the Influence Game explains how a strategic government relations program can make a major impact on that environment at the federal, state, and local levels."-Douglas G. Pinkham, President, Public Affairs Council
"A useful, detailed handbook that should find itself on the desktop-or at the bedside-of every business leader. These are the skills that every business leader needs to succeed in the increasingly complex and rapidly changing globalized economy in which they operate-and to gain competitive advantage for their company's future."-Ira Jackson, Director, Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government
"Winning the Influence Game provides an excellent overview for the corporate leader of how government can impact the bottom line-both positively and negatively. The clear, concise, and practical manner in which the book is organized and information provided makes it an extremely useful resource to those charged with the responsibility of creating an effective government relations program."-Margery Kraus, President and CEO, APCO Worldwide
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Insightful!.......2002-02-09
If you've ever wanted to be part of a special interest group or a corporate lobbying machine, but didn't know where to start, experts Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards and Usha Thakrar have written a handbook for you. The authors write intelligently and provide information in great detail with no fluff. We [...] recommend this book to those in business and organizations of all sizes who are - or should be - playing the influence game.
Indispensable tool for any CEO.......2001-06-12
Reading 'Winning the Influence Game' was an eye opening experience on how important it is understand how government can influence business. The authors have provided a blueprint for creating a strategy which can change government from an adversary to an ally. More importantly, a well thought out strategy can become your most valuable competitive weapon. If I had viewed government as a partner 10 years ago, there is no doubt in my mind that my venture capital business would be much larger and far more profitable today.
Superb.......2001-05-03
Too many leaders, focused on starting or expanding businesses, think that markets and competition exist in a vacuum. This very insightful book reminds us that the background of government regulation is also make-or-break. The authors' insights and strategies are intellectually well-grounded, yet oriented to someone who has to apply them in the real world. A must have.
Essential Reading for Success in the New-Economy.......2001-04-23
This book is absolutely essential reading for anyone working to develop and sustain business success in a global marketplace that is increasingly subject to governmental regulations. An excellent balance of sound theory and practical application that make this well-written and interesting book a worthwhile investment.
Solid Theory Combined With Practical Application.......2001-04-23
This book is essential reading for anyone needing to implement and manage corporate strategy in a rapidly changing economy. The authors provide a well-informed and interesting perspective on how to navigate government relations while maintaining a competitive advantage. This is an important contribution to current management theory that provides ample food for thought, as well as solid recommendations for practical application. Interesting, focused, well written and useful!
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Do you make deals?
Do you want to learn how the best
dealmakers in the world do it?
Everyone -- and certainly every business -- makes deals. Whether you are an automobile dealer negotiating to buy another, or Exxon merging with Mobil in a $76 billion transaction, the craft of dealmaking is everywhere. And like any craft, dealmaking has its apprentices, its journeymen...and its masters. Leo Hindery, Jr., is one of those masters of the negotiating table -- a man who has steered home more than 240 business deals over the last twenty-five years, deals worth well in excess of $150 billion. In The Biggest Game of All, he brings readers inside the rooms where he has worked his wizardry, sometimes in partnership with, and sometimes against, the best dealmaking businessmen of our time, including General Electric's Jack Welch, Jerry Levin of AOL Time Warner, TCI's John Malone, George Steinbrenner, Barry Diller, and Rupert Murdoch.
Through detailed narratives of the key moments in some of the biggest deals of our time -- including AT&T's $60 billion purchase of the cable giant MediaOne, the $54 billion sale of TeleCommunications, Inc. (a deal done in only twelve days), and the USA Networks/Seagram swap -- The Biggest Game of All is a true master class in dealmaking, showing all the inside strategies, tactics, and temperaments that make great dealmakers great. And at the center of the master class are Leo Hindery's ten commandments of dealmaking:
#1. Do more homework than the other guy.
#2. Look before you leap to the altar. You may love him, but you can't change him.
#3. Deals should be done as fast as possible...but no faster.
#4. Remember that you are only as good as the women and men around you. (And so is the other guy.)
#5. Learn how to walk away.
#6. Have adversaries, if need be. But don't have enemies.
#7. Read the fine print.
#8. Don't keep score on things that don't matter.
#9. Hang in there.
#10. Learn to keep your mouth shut.
Leo Hindery's vantage point from the very peak of the dealmaking pyramid is the ideal place to observe, and therefore to understand, what separates good deals -- those intended to improve a company's strategic prospects -- from bad. At a time when the costs of business decisions made out of fear, confusion, and greed have never been higher or more newsworthy, knowing good from bad might be the most important dealmaking skill of all.
No one who reads this insider's look at the incredible speed with which these human calculators make billion- dollar decisions, and at their fundamental, almost intuitive understanding of their own and other enterprises, will look at American business the same way again. The Biggest Game of All is that rarest of business books, instructive, enlightening, and just plain fun...a ringside seat at the real World Series of Poker, where the chips are worth a billion dollars each.
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Highly Recommended!.......2004-05-06
This book is a must-read for anyone involved in mergers and acquisitions in the cable or media industries, a should read for people doing M&A in other industries and a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in business and investing. The author sat at the deal-making table with some of the best negotiators in the media and communications industries. His general advice about negotiating strategy and tactics is quite familiar, but he brings a unique insight into the motivations and manipulations of CEOs and investment bankers. Academics have long puzzled over why CEOs implement value-destroying M&A deals. Here's a first-hand, eyewitness account of how these big deals come to be. Even if you have little faith in the astuteness of executives, the author's revelations will surprise you. Just when you thought nobody could be that stupid, here comes an anecdote about another boardroom leader who was. The detail, it must be said, gets exhaustive at times, but if you love deals, we think that you'll be too absorbed to care.
An inadvertently funny read.......2004-03-10
I bought this book because of a favorable mention in The Economist. I am truly astonished, and am rethinking my Economist subscription.
All tell-all war-story business books are self serving. Never, however, has one been so shamelessly and ineptly so. The book is an astonishingly collection of self-aggrandizement, payback, groveling, condescension, and Monday morning quarterbacking. Hindery portrays himself as the lone genius at the center of each deal, his wisdom all too often ignored, but always correct. People who have fired him or otherwise crossed him (e.g. Mike Armstrong of AT&T, Steve Rattner of Quadrangle, some poor WSJ reporter) are fools or knaves. The people to whom he now owes fealty (George Steinbrenner, Brian Roberts) are repeatedly bootlicked for their genius.
There's not a lot of wisdom for the ages here, either. The first chapter is the give-away. Written in 2002, he praises Gerry Levin at AOL-TW as a visionary, and criticizes the severe stumbles of Amazon and Yahoo!. Oops.
The book suffers from some sort of strange editing Alzheimer's. The same comments appear again and again in the same chapter, often in the same words, as if Hindery and his ghost-writer can't remember what he said 5 minutes before.
After a while, this all becomes very amusing, and it should be read in that vein.
Insomnia Cure.......2003-09-24
If you enjoy war stories on mega deals within the media industry, this one is for you. The author enjoys telling the tale, and you should fill your coffee cup or wine glass, and maybe light up a cigar for full reader ambience. Most of the material is less applicable to classroom or lecture hall, but rather the stuff discussed in country club locker rooms and men's-only grills.
As for strategies, tactics, and lessons applicable to deal making today, the author rarely wanders from the ten commandments of dealmaking listed on the book jacket. Applying the lessons to deals within privately held or small businesses is a stretch at best. I found myself skipping much of the material and heading directly to the end of the chapters. There you will find helpful sections starting with "Looking Back", that actually dissect and reflect on the deal being discussed.
My advise: Wait for the Cliff Notes to come out. Not worth wading through the book for the finely sprinkled parcels of wisdom applicable in most deal making.
The Biggest Game of All.......2003-07-20
I learned about this book watching Kudlow & Cramer interview the author. The war stories related are downright fascinating, especially the chapters covering TCI, AT&T and Comcast. Depending upon which side your on, some of the negotiations are not very pretty, but they led to closings. Mistakes were made, which are made crystal clear. But deals got done.
I wanted to know who the author considered "great dealmakers" and what they had done to be so named. Some are household names. He focused, however, on those in the Media World, where he has established himself.
The chapters on Mike Armstrong and Barry Diller are of special interest to me. I like the book and recommend it to those interested in learning from the inside how some major deals were done. In the end, that's what matters to change agents.
Give it a try, you'll like it.......2003-06-13
I bought this book because of the favorable review by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and The Economist. I found the book interesting on many levels and annoying on a few others. The main annoyance was with the general tone of the book. The first part of the book is a homage to many of the people that Hindery has known in the business. It almost sounds solicitous. However, the book recovers from this with a great treatment of how to do deals and insight into how some of the deals he was a part of transpired. I finished the reading of this book with the feeling that while some of the book was a waste, the book as a whole was not a waste of time. Therefore I rate it with 4 stars and encourage any aspiring dealmaker to go and negotiate a good price on the book and learn. The 10 rules for negotiating a deal are excellent.
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- Adventure game for grownups
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Adventure game for grownups.......2000-01-18
Great job with this "make your own business adventure" book. It contains balance sheets to help you make a more informed decision. You have various support exec's to give you advise. Often one VP offers the opposite advise of another VP. It's up to you to crunch the numbers to determine the best decision. I wish more books like this were published!
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Many entrepreneurs had their first real estate and finance experiences, and learned to balance skill, luck, competition, and social interaction, while playing the world's most popular board game. In this practical, entertaining book, America's top executives, including Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Donald Trump, reflect on lessons they learned from the fantasy game of self-made wealth and power.
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easy read but thin on content.......2006-02-07
This book does a great job of paralleling basic business concepts with Monopoly game play. This would work perfectly if business was conducted by four persons in your living room.
The book covers concepts including aggressiion, opportunity, maximizing odds and negotiation. If you find these concepts new or intriguing then this is a great book for you. I found it somewhat humorous and witty but not enough to recommend to friends.
I do find myself oddly excited about my next game of Monopoly as I now have some insights on game strategy that I never knew or cared about before.
Good for Monopoly & not For Business.......2006-01-31
While I found this book interesting to read for a Monopoly Player, I don't think there is any value In the Business side of things.
The book's notes from famous CEO's is great & it's the only thing that gave me reason to turn to the next page, and continue to finish reading the book.
I found the final chapters of the book the most interest; and I suggest as mentioned in another review the book title should be "Everything I Know About Monopoly I Learned from Business".
From Monopoly to Business.......2005-10-05
The information presented in the book related pretty well to the Monopoly game. Each time I read more in the book, I couldn't wait to go play the game. But the information given was meant to be applied to the business world. I am not quite there yet but I feel I gained quite a bit of insight by reading the book and thinking of how it relates to Monopoly. There are quotes and thoughts throughout the book, put in the form of title deeds, chance cards, and other familiar Monopoly things that are rather insightful, but sometimes distracting. The only criticism was with the actual hardcover book itself. The spine broke about 2/3 of the way through.
All in all, a good book that I would recommend.
Book Summary.......2004-02-07
After buying the rights from creator Charles Darrow, Parker Brothers introduced the board game Monopoly® in 1935. It soon became an American icon of capitalism in its most competitive form. Popular estimates claim that nearly 1 billion people have played the game. Ironically, the game flourished during a time when the Great Depression still held its sway on the American psyche. Author Alan Axelrod attributes this odd phenomenon to the cathartic affect the game had on people. Still, many attribute its success more to its ability to mirror real life. Monopoly as a metaphor for business serves as the impetuous for this book.
Axelrod fills his book generously with quotes from leaders of industry. While the board game differs considerably from real life in some substantive areas, such as starting out on a level playing field, the game compensates for these few exceptions by creating a playing environment that relies more on skill and attitude. The author emphasizes this important lesson, "...our own fates are in large part decided by our actions and not completely by our starting points" (28). The book primarily aims to distill the practical lessons learned from playing the game, but at the same time teaches you many of the skills needed to become a better game player.
The chief contribution Monopoly® makes to the business world is to expound the point that passing "GO" and collecting a $200 income will not win the game. A winning strategy necessitates aggressive play in analyzing, buying, selling, and trading properties. Axelrod believes that players must be bifocal, keeping an eye on both strategy and tactics, "To be sure, the business of business is making money, but it is also managing and manipulating money" (63). An important component in accumulating properties includes the willingness to leverage your buying power by taking on debt and mortgaging auxiliary properties.
Player psychology also figures in prominently. By better understanding yourself and your opponents you can make better decisions. Successful deals require both players to feel that they gained something from the trade. When negotiating Axelrod reminds us what is most important to keep in mind, "The rookie salesman makes the mistake of selling price rather than value" (99). To improve your own playing build a healthy tolerance for taking calculated risks. Eliminate chance from the equation by "doing the math" and basing decisions on facts.
Finally, the better players build on their investing and psychological advantages by exploiting market conditions, such as economic scarcity. The natural shortage of houses and hotels in the game teaches us that it pays to take advantage of market inefficiencies. This extends to finding deals by picking up properties at auction. Vigilance and preparation rule the day.
Monopoly as a Business Simulation.......2003-05-04
In the "real world" it is quite difficult to accurately assess all of the conditions that lead to a venture's success or failure. There are myriad reasons why the information needed to do so is simply not available which range from disclosure restrictions for a continuing business to fear of suit by the principals of a failed business. As such, it is, as a rule, quite difficult to completely analyze the success or failure of a real enterprise - though many have tried.
In Everything I Know About Business I Learned From Monopoly, Axelrod tries to impart business wisdom through a mechanism that can be completely analyzed, the game of Monopoly. As such, he provides insightful commentary on how the game and the "real world" are both similar and different. He illustrates, for example, how in business watching for industry or customer-base changes is similar to watching for the change of game phases in Monopoly, and how both are critical to the decisions that you make to ensure continued prosperity.
Over all, the book is very specific on Monopoly-playing suggestions (mentioning the probabilities attached to rolling dice and landing on properties many times) and somewhat vague on the specifics of applying these principals in business. This is to be expected, though, as the book is clearly about analyzing the game and applying the lessons learned to the business world. Within that context, it does its job quite well.
This book is basically a simulation and, like any simulation, its value is determined by the reader's ability to apply its lessons to reality. At the very least, you will get to read a variety of interesting quotations by industry-leaders; for the more attentive and imaginative readers, the game of Monopoly will provide a whole new mechanism for testing strategies for business in general.
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Bottom Line Results: The No-Hype Game Plan for Business and Life
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Interesting, some good points but left me confused.......2006-09-19
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- Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors (2nd Edition) (IBM Press Series--Information Management)
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