Managerial Economics & Business Strategy (Mcgraw-hill Series Economics)
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ISBN: 9781259290619
Author: Michael Baye, Jeff Prince
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 6CACQ
To determine
The type of compensation scheme preferred by a manager is to be ascertained.
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Recently, the owner of KFC Franchise decided to change how she compensated her top manager. Last year, the manager received a fixed salary of $50,000 and KFC made $110,000 in profits (excluding the manager’s compensation). She feared that her store’s performance was connected to the top manager shirking on the job and expected that changes to her top manager’s compensation structure would improve sales. Therefore, this year she decided to offer him a fixed salary of $40,000 plus 5 percent of the store’s profit. Since the change, the store is performing much better, and she forecasts profits this year to be $300,000 (again, excluding the manager’s compensation). Assuming the change of compensation is the reason for the increased profits, and the forecast is accurate, how much more money will the owner make (net of payment to her top manager) because of this change?
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