Financial Management (Agency problem) Prepared by: Sami Hassan Saeed Singabi August 2008 Introduction Economic science teaches us that due to their subjective needs‚ individuals have subjective preferences‚ and hence different interest. Occasionally different subjective interests give rise to conflicts of interest between contracting partners. These conflicts of interest may result in turn‚ in one or both parties undertaking actions that may be against the interest of the other
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QUESTION 2 INTRODUCTION Agency theory is a model that explicate why performance or judgment differ when display by member of a group. Specifically‚ it explains the connection between the party‚ called the principal that delegates work to another‚ called the agent. It clarify their dissimilarity in performance or judgment by noting that the two parties regularly have different goals and‚ independent of their respective goals‚ may have unusual manner toward threat. In another words‚ it can be also
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Different mechanisms are used in order to reduce and to limit the agency costs. In fact‚ firms use individual mechanisms to control agency problems that are unique to those individual firms. These plans are often substitutable and same mechanisms may provide different incentives. The efficiency depends on the firm’s characteristics and the selection of the appropriate portfolio. If I was a CEO I will create same changes: Stock Ownership Managerial ownership of a firm’s stock helps align the
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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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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 of
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LEarNING OBJECtIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should understand: LO1 The basic types of financial management decisions and the role of the financial manager. LO2 The goal of financial management. LO3 The financial implications of the different forms of business organization. LO4 The conflicts of interest that can arise between managers and owners. I NTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE mortgages getting into financial difficulties and 1 Overview of Corporate Finance Pa rt 1 IN 2007‚ A
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Could the tide be changing? Travel agencies play an important role within the UK travel and tourism industry. They are the retail arm of the industry‚ selling a wide range of holiday products and travel services to the public. Yet travel industry analysts have been predicting the death of the high street travel agent due to the ever-changing nature of distribution channels. Travel agents are the key intermediaries in the distribution chain whose main role is selling air‚ rail
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1. An agency problem is prone to exist in public corporations because: E. management is frequently separated from ownership.2. Larson‚ Inc. has total assets of $248‚000 and an equity multiplier of 2.5. What is the debt-equity ratio? E. 1.5 3. Kate wants to invest $1‚000 for five years. Which one of the following will provide her with the largest future value? B. 7 percent interest‚ compounded monthly 5. Hilltop‚ Inc. earns $.12 in profit on every $1 of sales. The firm pays out 55 percent of its profits
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Introduction This paper specifically tries to distinguish between shareholder and stakeholder in business context. Firstly‚ there will be analysed main ideas of stakeholder theory‚ main principles of it. Secondly‚ the importance and characteristics of stakeholder interdependence will be shown. Thirdly‚ clear identification of main stakeholder groups and relationship between those groups will be outlined. In order‚ to distinguish shareholders from other stakeholders there will be paragraph analysing
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Gautrain Management Agency Gautrain is Africa’s first world-class‚ modern mass rapid transit rail and bus service for Gauteng‚ a province regarded as the economic heartland of South Africa‚ which links Johannesburg‚ Pretoria‚ and OR Tambo International Airport. It was built to relieve the traffic congestion in the Johannesburg–Pretoria traffic corridor and offer commuters a viable alternative to road transport‚ as Johannesburg has limited public transport infrastructure. The project was completed
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