The Competitive Struggle to Win Tournaments: The Allies’ Race to Capture Adolf Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest

Tournament theory posits that there are situations where winning matters a lot and, as a result, agent rewards are not proportional to performance. According to tournament theorists, the large pay differentials that exist between organizational levels are intended to motivate agents to exert greater...

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Main Authors: Franklin G. Mixon Jr., Luis R. Gómez-Mejia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pompea College of Business 2020-05-01
Series:American Business Review
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1086&context=americanbusinessreview