Beware the Winner's Curse: Victories that Can Sink You and Your Company

G. Anandalingam and Henry C. Lucas
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Henry C. Lucas: both at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

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Abstract: Beware the Winner's Curse shows how hubris and badly aligned financial incentives lead managersto aggressively pursue victories, and end up worse off as a result. It explores recent disasters in business, sports, and entertainment, and offers concrete steps that managers can take to avoid encountering the curse. Available in OSO: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/management/9780195177404/toc.html

Date: 2004
ISBN: 9780195177404
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