When Rivalry Backfires: How Individual Skill and Risk of Status Loss Moderate the Effects of Rivalry on Performance
Published Online:30 Jul 2025https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.00344
Volume 72, Issue 3
March 2026
Pages 1727-2679, iv-vi
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- Received:January 31, 2023
- Accepted:January 29, 2025
- Published Online:July 30, 2025
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Tom Grad, Christoph Riedl, Gavin J. Kilduff (2025) When Rivalry Backfires: How Individual Skill and Risk of Status Loss Moderate the Effects of Rivalry on Performance. Management Science 72(3):2477-2496.
https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.00344
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The authors thank Karim Lakhani and Topcoder for providing data access and Andrew Carton, Christopher To, Imke Reimers, Louise Mors, Sean Kelley, Tory Higgins, and Wiebke Doden, as well as participants of the DRUID 2022 conference, the ETH Zürich, Universität Zürich and Universität St. Gallen Lecture Series on the Law & Economics of Innovation, and the Munich Summer Institute 2021 for valuable feedback.
