PROBLEMS WITH THE AGENCY RELATIONSHIP If you are the sole owner of a business‚ you make the decisions that affect your own well-being. But what if you are a financial manager of a business and you are not the sole owner? In this case‚ you are making decisions for owners other than yourself; you‚ the financial manager‚ are an agent. An agent is a person who acts for—and exerts powers of—another person or group of persons. The person the agent represents is referred to as the principal. The relationship
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and this will lead to serious social problems. To what extent do you agree with this agreement? In recent years‚ IT age has far-reaching influenced a large number of people. It cannot be denied that IT could lead to some serious social problems and paralsing society. I agree with this statement to a certain extent and I will outline why in this essay. There can be no doubt that information technology usually results in paralising society and serious social problems in several
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A to Z of Limited Liability Partnership A. INTRODUCTION The concept of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in India is viewed as an alternative corporate business vehicle that provides the benefits of limited liability and also allows its members the flexibility of organizing their internal structure as a partnership based on a mutually arrived agreement. The revised Bill received the assent of the President of India on 7‚ January 2009. LLP is a body corporate formed and incorporated under
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The initial strategy of the advent corporation was the intention of making products that were significantly different from other company’s products. Advent was an enterprise committed to the design and manufacturing of superior quality and high-performance products. Instead of competing directly with the experienced players in the market‚ Advent had the original intent to play it safe. The Advent Corporation had the idea of tapping the unexploited 5% of the home entertainment market which was less
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The Agency Cost Problem or Principal-Agent Problem‚ which is believed‚ arises from the separation of ownership and control‚ could be mitigated in many ways. In their paper Jensen and Meckling (1976) mention that if a company fully owned by its managers‚ they will work on maximizing its value. But if a fraction of this equity owned by managers is sold to outsiders‚ the risk borne by them now will have fewer fractions than before. This will be one of the main reasons for management to act on maximizing
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behind corporate governance 1. Agency problem 2. Stewardship theory 3. Resource dependency theory 4. Stakeholder theory 5. Political theory 6. Transaction cost economics 7. Ethical theory C. Principles of corporate governance D. SOX Act‚ E. Enron Scandal‚ Conclusion I. Introduction: The concept of corporate governance in legal and economic terms is equivalent to “the defense of shareholders”. Corporate governance is the response to typical agency problems between investors and managers
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all kinds of economic activities. It is the master key which provides access to all the resources for being employed in manufacturing and merchandising activities. It has rightly been said that business needs money to make more money. However‚ it is also true that money begets more money‚ only when it is properly managed. Hence‚ efficient management of every business enterprise is closely linked with efficient management of its finances. Meaning of Finance and Business Finance: In general finance
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Agency Problems‚ Auditing‚ and the Theory of the Firm: Some Evidence Author(s): Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman Source: Journal of Law and Economics‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 3‚ (Oct.‚ 1983)‚ pp. 613-633 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/725039 Accessed: 29/06/2008 23:14 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and
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field of business ethics‚ which aims to formulate requirements for companies and the managers who act on their behalf (Kaptein & Wempe‚ 2002)‚ therefore also pays attention to multinationals. Recent attention has‚ following the resource-based perspective‚ focused on the potential of ethical capabilities to improve multinationals’ competitive advantage (Bowie & Vaaler‚ 1999; Buller & McEvoy‚ 1999; Litz‚ 1996). Bowie and Vaaler (1999) emphasize the high asset specificity of certain ethical commitments
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As the world has become more globalized‚ more Americans work for multinational organizations. Working for a global company provides some advantages to you relative to working for a domestic business‚ but it may also lead to some challenges. While each global company is different‚ it helps to weigh the pros and cons of a global culture before accepting a job with a multinational enterprise. Career Opportunities Working for a larger company offers more job opportunities. But a multinational company
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