Business Game Time

What the final seconds of Super Bowl 46 teach us about strategic options, implications, choices, game theory, coordination and behavior under pressure.

Filed under: (american) football by Johannes
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Why are teams waiting until their down in the very last seconds of a match before they consider playing riskier? Here’s why risk is not bad, why it always comes with an opportunity and how to manage the trade off.

Filed under: (american) football, soccer (football) by Johannes
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