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Futebol: The Beautiful Game?

Rodriguez, Peter L...

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Futebol: The Beautiful Game?

Rodriguez, Peter L.; Allayannis, George (Yiorgos); Yemen, Ryan

GEM-0138 | Published September 16, 2015 | 20 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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A principal objective of economic thinking is to inform key decisions made by firms and their managers. One of the most important topics for managers concerns the basic choices about labor: How many people should I hire, and what should I pay them? Using the context of football (soccer) in Brazil, this case can be used to explore players' current and future worth to a team. Analysis could include marginal product of labor, marginal revenue product, team profitability, and how managers might fund player acquisitions while still generating consistent profits.

-examine wage or salary determinations in labor markets -understand how labor markets work -explore acquisition funding in the context of a team sport