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US 2019/0091557 A1Published application
Business strategy game
OwnerMaheshkumar P. Joshi, Tej M. Joshi +1inventors
InventorsMaheshkumar P. Joshi, Tej M. Joshi, Swati Choksi
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OwnerMaheshkumar P. Joshi, Tej M. Joshi +1inventors
InventorsMaheshkumar P. Joshi, Tej M. Joshi, Swati Choksi
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Present invention, “BiggieBills”, is an interactive business strategy multi-player game played among 4 to 8 teams using plurality of cards. It can be played “Face to Face” or “Online.” The teams play “Growth Cards” to progress from Stage 1 to 4 while managing possible “Challenge Cards” played by opposing teams, managing the random changes in “Industry Rules” every “Business Cycle,” and attempt to earn “Bonus Cards.” The unique value propositions are: a) dynamic real-time experience; b) knowledge from the field of strategic management for the managers (students); c) the debrief provides the core learning as a follow-up to the game; and d) customization of the game is possible by altering industry conditions to suit client needs. BiggieBills has a three-pronged approach: a) corporate training; b) education (undergraduate, graduate, executive); and c) entertainment. It may be redesigned to teach subjects such as entrepreneurship, economics, innovation management and general business.
An interactive business strategy game played by a plurality of teams, with one or more players per team, each team taking on a role of an established business trying to gain a top position in an industry, the game comprising a team board, a plurality of stages for growth of business in the industry, growth cards to progress the plurality of teams across the team board from one stage to another stage, challenge cards to challenge the growth card, industry rules, and optionally bonus cards, wherein the game has random changes in the industry rules with a business cycle.
The game of claim 5, wherein the many aspects of strategic management comprise resource based view of an organization, game theory, first mover advantage, competitive dynamics, competitive advantage, business level strategies including a low cost leadership and differentiation strategies, industry assessment, and corporate level strategies including strategic alliances, globalization and diversification.
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