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AGENCY THEORY:: Implications for Financial Management
Amir Jassim, Carolyn R. Dexter, Aman SidhuThis paper reviews and analyzes the literature on agency theory in terms of the nature of the problem and its implications for management. Finance theory posits that the goal of…
AGENCY THEORY AND ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS
Jean B. McGuireJean McGuire is Associate Professor of Management in the Faculty of Commerce at Concordia University, Montreal. She received her Pd.D. degree from Cornell University. Her research…
MANAGERIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: A DECISION MODEL FOR STOCKHOLDERS
Belgacem RaggadManagerial ability is influenced by many factors: personal attributes (like leadership, creativity, aggressiveness, communication skills, etc….), education, and experience. The…
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS.
Manmohan D. Chaubey, Mukund S. KulkarniRecently the topic of executive compensation has received considerable attention in the popular press as well as in the academia. It is argued that “… top executives would get…
AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF MERGER PREMIUMS
I. Keong Chew, Keith H. Johnson, M. Andrew FieldsRegardless of their motives, acquiring firms almost always have to offer a premium to the shareholders of the acquired firm in acquisitions. That is, the value of the securities…
STATE TAKEOVER STATUTES AND CORPORATE BOARD COMPOSITION:: A test of the substitution hypothesis
Christopher K. Ma, David A. Lindsley, Ramesh P. RaoExtant literature identifies board composition and the market for takeovers as two important measures for controlling the agency problem associated with top management. This study…
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