Arbeitspapier

Efficiency gains from team-based coordination: large-scale experimental evidence

The need for efficient coordination is ubiquitous in organizations and industries. The literature on the determinants of efficient coordination has focused on individual decision-making so far. In reality, however, teams often have to coordinate with other teams. We present an experiment with 825 participants, using six different coordination games, where either individuals or teams interact with each other. We find that teams coordinate much more efficiently than individuals. This finding adds one important cornerstone to the recent literature on the conditions for successful coordination. We explain the differences between individuals and teams using the experience weighted attraction learning model.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3741

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Cooperative Games
Thema
Coordination games
individual decision-making
team decision-making
experience-weighted attraction learning
experiment
Gruppenentscheidung
Kooperatives Spiel
Lernprozess
Wirtschaftliche Effizienz
Test

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Feri, Francesco
Irlenbusch, Bernd
Sutter, Matthias
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2008

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008101608
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Feri, Francesco
  • Irlenbusch, Bernd
  • Sutter, Matthias
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2008

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