Blockchain technology produced a new business model; one that enables companies to profit through creating and releasing open-source code. The decentralisation of business orgs creates new corporate ...

When a principal hires an agent to carry out specific tasks, the hiring is termed a "principal-agent relationship," or simply an "agency relationship." When a conflict of interest between the needs of ...

Over the years there have been a number of attempts at solving the principal/agent problem. Apple's the latest to try and do so and it has to be said that their attempt is likely to avoid most of the ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

The cost of college textbooks has risen 812 percent since 1978. That’s more than triple the inflation rate over the same period of time, according to The Atlantic. So what gives? Textbook costs are a ...

Michael Douglas, in his Academy Award winning portrayal of Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street,” declares in his famous “greed” speech that the company has “33 different vice presidents” that are ...