jimmy is the owner of vrs. until recently jimmy was also the managing director, but he has decided to employ a manager to take over the daily operations of vrs as he transitions to retirement. the new manager, berly, agreed to a performance based contract which says that berly will be paid bonus of $200,000 should the profits exceed a target of $2 million. the contract also says that berly must prepare financial statements and have them audited. Briefly define theory. According to agency theory, what are the roles performed by jimmy and berly

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jimmy is the owner of vrs. until recently jimmy was also the managing director, but he has decided to employ a manager to take over the daily operations of vrs as he transitions to retirement. the new manager, berly, agreed to a performance based contract which says that berly will be paid bonus of $200,000 should the profits exceed a target of $2 million. the contract also says that berly must prepare financial statements and have them audited. Briefly define theory. According to agency theory, what are the roles performed by jimmy and berly 

 

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