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 ...

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

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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 ...