How does the principal-agent problem extend to managers and employees?

What will be an ideal response?

Just as corporate shareholders (owners) cannot consistently monitor managers, managers cannot always monitor employees of the corporation. As a result, corporate employees may not have the same goals as their managers.

Economics

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Adam Smith identified all of the following as factors contributing to a nation's economic growth, except

a. size of the labor force b. degree of labor specialization (or division of labor) c. size of the capital stock d. level of technology e. the level of government spending

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