Agency Theory

Moral Rights and Their Grounds

by Alm, David

fromRoutledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory Ser

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Moral Rights and Their Grounds offers a novel theory of rights based on two distinct views. The first-the value view of rights-argues that for a person to have a right is to be valuable in a certain way, or to have a value property. This special type of value is in turn identifi…

Executive compensation: accounting and economic issues

by Giroux, Gary A.

fromFinancial accounting and auditing collection

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"The chief executive officer (CEO) of a corporation and his or her executive team are responsible for the management of the business and its continued operating and financial success. The CEO and executive team are almost always highly compensated and the relative total compensa…

This study investigates the female agency present or developed within the Sumerian narratives of “The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi” and “Inanna's Descent into the Underworld,” the Akkadian narratives of “Ishtar’s Descent into the Underworld” and “Ereshkigal and Nergal,” and th…

This research is the result of the author’s quest to answer the question whether Corporate Governance is effective in Emerging Markets. Literature on Corporate Governance in the emerging markets of Latin America is limited mostly due to the relatively slower development of capit…

This thesis is an empirical investigation into the control mechanisms of headquarters (HQ) exercised over their subsidiaries and is conducted with the help of primary data collected from 147 Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) operating in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Followi…

Executive pay research has traditionally focused on salary, severance payments and longterm incentives. A systematic rigorous empirical examination of short-term annual bonuses is lacking. To address this omission, this research empirically examines the relationship between shor…

The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) was to ensure independent board practices. However, it is unknown whether structural changes alone to the boards of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) can result in independent board behavior. SOA's intent is to prevent future erroneous gro…

Fiscal systems can have decidedly non-fiscal uses and should not be viewed simply as epiphenomena of the revenue demands of the state. States and empires have used one type of fiscal system, tax-farming--the hiring of private agents to collect taxes--to serve non-fiscal purposes…