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  2. Auction theory - Wikipedia

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    The logic of this auction type is that the dominant strategy for all bidders is to bid their true valuation. [10] William Vickrey was the first scholar to study second-price valuation auctions, but their use goes back in history, with some evidence suggesting that Goethe sold his manuscripts to a publisher using the second-price auction format ...

  3. Vickrey auction - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A Vickrey auction or sealed-bid second-price auction (SBSPA) is a type of sealed-bid auction. Bidders submit written bids without knowing the bid of the other people in the auction. The highest bidder wins but the price paid is the second-highest bid. This type of auction is strategically similar to an English auction and gives bidders an ...

  4. Price action trading - Wikipedia

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    Price action trading. Price action is a method of analysis of the basic price movements to generate trade entry and exit signals that is considered reliable while not requiring the use of indicators. It is a form of technical analysis, as it ignores the fundamental factors of a security and looks primarily at the security's price history.

  5. Dutch auction - Wikipedia

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    A Dutch auction initially offers an item at a price in excess of the amount the seller expects to receive. The price lowers in steps until a bidder accepts the current price. That bidder wins the auction and pays that price for the item. For example, a business might auction a used company car at a starting bid of €15,000.

  6. Martingale (betting system) - Wikipedia

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    A martingale is a class of betting strategies that originated from and were popular in 18th-century France. The simplest of these strategies was designed for a game in which the gambler wins the stake if a coin comes up heads and loses if it comes up tails. The strategy had the gambler double the bet after every loss, so that the first win ...

  7. Porter's generic strategies - Wikipedia

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    Strategy. Porter's generic strategies describe how a company pursues competitive advantage across its chosen market scope. There are three/four generic strategies, either lower cost, differentiated, or focus. A company chooses to pursue one of two types of competitive advantage, either via lower costs than its competition or by differentiating ...

  8. Nash equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    A Nash equilibrium is a situation where no player could gain by changing their own strategy (holding all other players' strategies fixed). [1] The idea of Nash equilibrium dates back to the time of Cournot, who in 1838 applied it to his model of competition in an oligopoly.

  9. Reverse auction - Wikipedia

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    However, that does not mean that the best strategy is to bid the lowest price. In the analysis of extra-auction costs and benefits, they should examine areas where winning or losing can generate unexpected benefits or avoided costs. Some examples include: Winning or losing changes their volume discount, rebates and incentives with key suppliers,