As a small business owner, it's likely that you routinely employ other people to perform tasks and make decisions on your behalf. Delegating responsibility can take a lot of weight off your shoulders ...

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 ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial ...

If business is to address its conflicts with an expanding government, it must ensure that its external relations departments are well managed. To do so, corporate managers must manage the border ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the lens of recent discussion on the 50th anniversary of Milton Friedman’s New York Times essay on shareholder primacy, which I’ve recently written on, I’ve been thinking about a strange decision ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Amy is an ACA and the CEO and founder of ...

Recent disclosures of Volkswagen’s deliberate frauds to foil U.S. emissions standards on its diesel cars may be mind-boggling in their audacity, but they are a gift to econ teachers like me. What ...

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