The Competitive Struggle to Win Tournaments: The Allies’ Race to Capture Adolf Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
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Tournament theory; Organizational behavior; Competition; Cooperation; Sabotage;All these keywords.
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- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D41 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Perfect Competition
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