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Tournaments: Playing to win

Florian Englmaier [1] interviewed by Tim Phillips [2], 12 November 2021

Tournaments are increasingly being used in business to solve non-routine problems. Florian Englmaier tells Tim Phillips about new research into what gives these teams the will to win. Do they respond to having a common sense of identity, do they want kudos and status from other people, or are they just looking for a cash prize?

Read more about the research presented and download the free discussion paper:
Englmaier, F, Grimm, S, Grothe, D, Schindler, D and Schudy, S. 2021. 'The Efficacy of Tournaments for Non-Routine Team Tasks [3]'.CEPR

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Topics:  Frontiers of economic research [7]

Tags:  identity [8], exploration [9], image concerns [10], innovation [11], rankings [12], team work [13], tournaments [14]

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[3] https://cepr.online/DP16360
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[5] https://voxeu.org/article/effects-competition-creative-production
[6] https://voxeu.org/article/tournament-design-allows-spectator-interest-increase
[7] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/frontiers-economic-research
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[14] https://voxeu.org/category/tags/tournaments