BANKRUPT A Deceptively Simple Business Strategy Game

Abstract

This paper describes a game that combines pricing analysis with decision making under uncertainty. The game is designed to be played from start to finish in a two- hour period. Although the game is quite single, good play calls for reasonably sophisticated analysis. Our experience is that many student teams do not play particularly well and that they are more influenced by the name of the game than they should be. All participants learn a lot from discussion of the game after play, especially when some teams have done well.