PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE >BI<
PRIN.OF CORPORATE FINANCE >BI<
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Chapter 12, Problem 9PS

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To discuss: Agency problems would arise in capital investment decisions when paid fixed salary to plant and division managers without any bonus.

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To discuss: Ways of manager’s compensation ties with economic value added to improve these problems.

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