This is the first publication on a series leading teams. introduction describes why teamwork necessary, challenges and benefits, difference between groups We briefly describe group development models that will be described through remaining publications in series.

In numerous economic applications of matching, the teams that form compete later. For instance, pharmaceuticals assemble R&D teams to develop new drugs and then compete for patents. Such post-match competition in the output market introduces interdependence at the matching stage, as the value of a match depends on the composition of R&D teams in the other firms. This paper develops a matching m...