Game Types

Essay

Game Types. Portray each of the following circumstances as a zero-sum game, a positive-sum game, or a negative-sum game. Illustrate your answer.
A. The ongoing discussion between Home Depot and its employees concerning an increase in the payment deductible for health benefits.
B. The bargaining that occurs between a Kraft Foods and the local water utility concerning payment responsibility for an increase in water and sewer costs tied to a business expansion.
C. GM and the UAW join forces to lobby Congress for increased national health insurance expenditures.
D. Procter & Gamble issues price discount coupons for heavy users of Tide detergent.
E. Intel Corp. and competitor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., engage in brutal price competition for a State Department contract.