– J.P. Valles Professor of Business Economics and Strategy
– Vice Dean for Graduate Education
Biography
Adam Brandenburger is the Vice Dean for Graduate Education and the J.P. Valles Professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Prior to joining Stern, he held the M.B.A. Class of 1958 Professorship at Harvard Business School.
Adam is an authority on game theory and its application to business strategy, and teaches an MBA course on this subject. He was voted NYU Stern M.B.A. Professor of the Year in 2006. His book Co-opetition (with Barry Nalebuff, Doubleday, 1996) is used by businesses as a guide to strategy in the information economy, and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Born in London, England, Adam received his B.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge. He was a Harkness Fellow from 1983 to 1985.
Research Interests
- Game Theory
- Business Strategy
Courses Taught
- Business Strategy
- Game Theory
Academic Background
Ph.D., Economics, 1986
Churchill College University of Cambridge
M.Phil., Economics, 1982
Trinity College University of Cambridge
B.A., Natural Sciences and Economics, 1981
Queens College University of Cambridge
Selected Publications
(2010)
The Relationship between Quantum and Classical Correlation in Games
Games and Economic Behavior, 69, 2010, 175-183.
Adam Brandenburger and Amanda Friedenberg (2010)
Intrinsic Correlation in Games
Journal of Economic Theory, 141, 2008, 28-67.
Adam Brandenburger, Amanda Friedenberg and H. Jerome Keisler (2008)
Admissibility in Games
Econometrica, 76, 2008, 307-352
Adam Brandenburger and Harborne Stuart (2007)
Biform Games
Management Science, 53, 2007, 537-549
Adam Brandenburger and H. Jerome Keisler (2006)
An Impossibility Theorem on Beliefs in Games
Studia Logica, 84, 2006, 211-240.
Adam Brandenburger and Harborne Stuart (1996)
Value-based Business Strategy
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 5, 1996, 5-24.
Adam Brandenburger and Robert Aumann (1995)
Epistemic Conditions for Nash Equilibrium
Econometrica, 63, 1995, 1161-1180.
Adam Brandenburger and Eddie Dekel (1993)
Hierarchies of Beliefs and Common Knowledge
Journal of Economic Theory, 59, 1993, 189-198.
Adam Brandenburger and Eddie Dekel (1987)
Rationalizability and Correlated Equilibria
Econometrica, 55, 1987, 1391-1402.