Commercial Law Agency An agent is determined by law. Determined by the legal implications of what the person does. Must be acting for a principal cannot stand alone. (a)Agent has the legal authority to bind or incur liability for which the principal can be responsible. The primary role of an agent is to negotiate or conclude contracts on behalf of a principal. Actions are treated like that of the principal. Consent can be determined by the Court. (b)Agent is a person who is recognized by law as
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Agency Theory Agency theory is widely used in different companies‚ businesses and organizations Agency Theory is basically about the association between the boss‚ which is the Principal‚ and the worker‚ which is the Agent. A good example for an application of the Agency Theory would be sharecropping‚ where the Principal is the landowner and the Agent is the farmer. Another example for the Agency Theory in a more familiar organizational structure would be the relationship between a company’s shareholders
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Module Title: Finance Principles Module Code: 5AC002 Module Leader: William Coffie Student Name and Number: Qianhui MA(1223583) Date of Submission: 14th Jan 2013 Words: 1441 Agency Theory and Corporate Governance Introduction In 26th February 1995‚ the Barings Bank‚ one of the oldest banks of the United Kingdom was declared bankrupt. Nick Leeson‚ the trader of the bank in Singapore had lost $1.4 billion on derivatives trading while the bank reported capital was only about
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Chapter 1 1 Introduction Economics and managerial decision making 2 Economics: The study of the behavior of human beings in producing‚ distributing and consuming material goods and services in a world of scarce resources Management: The science of organizing and allocating a firm’s scarce resources to achieve its desired objectives Managerial economics: The use of economic analysis to make business decisions involving the best use (allocation) of an organization’s scarce
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INTRODUCTION An agency in general‚ is the relationship between two parties‚ where one is a principal and the other is an agent who represents the principal in transaction with a third party. Agency relationship occur when the principal hire the agent to perform a service on the principal behalf. In common‚ principal will delegate decision making authority to the agent. Agency Theory is concerned with resolving problems that may exist in agency relationship; that is‚ between principals (such as
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Agency Theory and Its Consequences A study of the unintended effect of Agency Theory on Risk and Morality M.Sc. FSM Master Thesis: Agency Theory & Its Consequences Master Thesis at Copenhagen Business School Student: Thomas Rüdiger Smith Programme: M.Sc Finance & Strategic Management Advisor: Sven Junghagen‚ Department of Management Politics & Philosophy August‚ 2011 Total Pages: 78 (133 with appendix and summary) Characters: 181647 (246486 with appendix and summary) Thomas Rüdiger
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The Effectiveness of Pro-market Reforms‚ Ownership Structure and The Institutional framework at Addressing the Agency Problem and how Different Types of Firms in Transition Economies are affected by these measures. As economies grow‚ in order for businesses to retain market shares‚ they can no longer rely on organic growth‚ many seek external finance either through initial public offerings or through banks‚ mutual funds and insurance companies. Although there are many side benefits of pursuing
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Table of content Preface………………………………………………………………….1 Chapter 1. Prerequisites of the agency problem and different approaches to solving it 1.1 How we detect an agency problem……………………………………..3 1.2 Remedies of agency problem…………………………………………….5 1.3 Different approach for different types of companies……………….10 Chapter 2. Practical examples of agency problem’s solution 2.1 Good intentions usually backfire……………………………………….13 2.2 Positive examples and new ideas………………………………….........17 2.3 Foregoing
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Agency theory Agency theory identifies the agency relationship where one party‚ the principal‚ delegates work to another party‚ the agent. In the context of a corporation‚ the owners are the principal and the directors are the agent. This model of corporate governance and subsequent research focused on resolving conflicts of interest between corporate management and shareholders (Jensen and Meckling‚ 1976) and has largely adopted an agency theory approach. Key assumption is that the principals and
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