Numerous such games arise when one firm wishes to imitate a firm that is generally recognized as a leader in quality, fashion, or innovation. The simple cases we've examined have simple Nash equilibria in mixed strategies in which each strategy is used with equal probability.

   Somewhat more complex games may arise in which equilibrium has some other probability distribution, but those are more appropriately studied in more advanced courses.

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