There’s plenty of advice out there for aspiring negotiators, but none of it holds much resonance for the underdog. Harvard scholars will tell you to “control your emotions” and not appear anxious to ...

Game theory helps investors predict outcomes in markets where decisions impact each other. Understanding game theory equips investors to strategically anticipate market actions. Game theory-informed ...

As brilliantly visualized in the Disney-Pixar animated movie "Inside Out" (2015), emotions guide most of our actions, if not all. However, for a long time, economists did not pay much attention to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney specializing in sports, litigation, and labor and employment. As I have previously written, the Tour de France is ...

To understand how driverless vehicles can navigate the complexities of the road, researchers often use game theory — mathematical models representing the way rational agents behave strategically to ...

In most negotiations, people assume success comes from persuasion or compromise at the table. But those who understand game theory know the real strategy starts long before the first conversation.

Cooperative game theory is often seen as a numbers-driven discipline rooted in mathematics. Yet beyond the equations lies a powerful framework, particularly in macroeconomics, for understanding how ...