When a principal hires an agent to carry out specific tasks, the hiring is termed a "principal-agent relationship," or simply an "agency relationship." When a conflict of interest between the needs of ...

Blockchain technology produced a new business model; one that enables companies to profit through creating and releasing open-source code. The decentralisation of business orgs creates new corporate ...

Discover strategies to resolve agency conflicts in corporations, including monitoring, incentives, and contract design, to align manager and shareholder interests.

Why exclude state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from equity allocations? This a natural first question investors tend to ask when they hear of WisdomTree’s suite of ex-state-owned equity ETFs. The ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Timothy Li is a consultant, accountant, and ...

Over the years there have been a number of attempts at solving the principal/agent problem. Apple's the latest to try and do so and it has to be said that their attempt is likely to avoid most of the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The principal-agent problem in health care asserts that providers, being the imperfect agents of patients, will act to maximize their profits ...