Game theory: An appropriate tool for strategic analysis ?

Abstract

According to one of its founders, game theory would soon be a little over a hundred years old . A well-known theory in the academic and strategic fields, it is often the subject of criticism and, for many, seems too simplistic to be truly operational for decision-making in complex strategic environments. In this article, we analyze the main criticisms made of game theory in strategy and we show to what extent certain aspects of research in game theory have important potential, precisely when the strategic community takes record of the work carried out by academics and operational staff in recent years in emerging research fields.