Incentive Contracts (a) What are the 18 dimensions/questions in the World Management Survey used to describe management practices. (b) Pick 4 of the 18 questions and for each describe how the questions either relates to an idea from incentive theory/contract theory or highlights something missing from incentive/contract theory. (c) Briey discuss how the practical issues identied by the 18 questions in the World Management Survey related to transaction cost theory.

Incentive Contracts (a) What are the 18 dimensions/questions in the World Management Survey used to describe management practices. (b) Pick 4 of the 18 questions and for each describe how the questions either relates to an idea from incentive theory/contract theory or highlights something missing from incentive/contract theory. (c) Briey discuss how the practical issues identied by the 18 questions in the World Management Survey related to transaction cost theory.

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