Software Reviews : STRATEGEM-2: A Microcomputer Simulation Game of the Kondratief Cycle,Version 2.2 Reviewed by Michael C. Lovell,Wesleyan University Publisher: Systems Dynamic Group,Sloan School of Management,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge,MA 02139 (telephone : [phone]) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: One disk,14-page manual Price: $35 System Requirements: two floppy disk drives,BASIC interpreter Effectiveness: Fair User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Good

Abstract

The player of this interactive computer simulation business cycle game makes a sequence of investment decisions. The objective is to minimize the cumulative sum of the gap between productive capacity and desired production. Players generally are surprised to find that their decisions lead to a business cycle.