An entrenching investment is an investment which favors the skills of the current managers even if the investment has a lower or negative NPV.
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An entrenching investment is an investment which favors the skills of the current managers even if the investment has a lower or negative NPV.
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| Text | An entrenching investment is an investment which {{c1:: favors the skills of the current managers}} even if the investment has a lower or negative NPV. |
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Agency costs are reductions in a firm's value that arise from agency problems
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Agency costs are reductions in a firm's value that arise from agency problems
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| Text | Agency costs are {{c1::reductions in a firm's value that arise from agency problems}} |
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Agency problems are problems that arise from conflicting interests of agents (managers) and principals (shareholders).
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Agency problems are problems that arise from conflicting interests of agents (managers) and principals (shareholders).
The agent might act in this way for various reasons such as his personal compensation or prestige for example.
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| Text | Agency problems are problems that arise from {{c1::conflicting interests of agents (managers) and principals (shareholders)}}. | |
| Extra | The agent might act in this way for various reasons such as his personal compensation or prestige for example. |
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Agency costs fall into two categories:
- Value lost because managers don't take value-maximizing decisions
- Costs of monitoring managers, setting rules and procedures to mitigate agency problems, and intervening when agency problems are sufficiently severe
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Agency costs fall into two categories:
- Value lost because managers don't take value-maximizing decisions
- Costs of monitoring managers, setting rules and procedures to mitigate agency problems, and intervening when agency problems are sufficiently severe
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| Text | Agency costs fall into two categories: <br><ol><li>{{c1:: Value lost because managers don't take value-maximizing decisions}}</li><li>{{c2:: Costs of monitoring managers, setting rules and procedures to mitigate agency problems, and intervening when agency problems are sufficiently severe}}</li></ol> |
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Errors of commission are mistakes which can be characterized as making a bad decision.
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Errors of commission are mistakes which can be characterized as making a bad decision.
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| Text | Errors of {{c1:: commission}} are mistakes which can be characterized as making a bad decision. |
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Agency problems include a manager:
- not putting in sufficient effort
- wasting money on personal benefits
- overinvesting in search of power or prestige
- taking too many or too few risks
- focusing on short-term results at the expense of long-term results
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Agency problems include a manager:
- not putting in sufficient effort
- wasting money on personal benefits
- overinvesting in search of power or prestige
- taking too many or too few risks
- focusing on short-term results at the expense of long-term results
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| Text | Agency problems include a manager:<br><ol><li>{{c1:: not putting in sufficient effort}}</li><li>{{c2:: wasting money on personal benefits}}</li><li>{{c3:: overinvesting in search of power or prestige}}</li><li>{{c4:: taking too many or too few risks}}</li><li>{{c5:: focusing on short-term results at the expense of long-term results}}</li></ol> |
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Managers should ignore specific risk while evaluating investments as shareholders can diversify this risk away.
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Managers should ignore specific risk while evaluating investments as shareholders can diversify this risk away.
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| Text | Managers should ignore {{c1:: specific risk}} while evaluating investments as shareholders can {{c2::diversify this risk away}}. |
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NPV stands for Net Present Value and is a method of evaluating the profitability of an investment by calculating the present value of future expected cashflows minus the initial cost of the investment.
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NPV stands for Net Present Value and is a method of evaluating the profitability of an investment by calculating the present value of future expected cashflows minus the initial cost of the investment.
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| Text | NPV stands for {{c1:: Net Present Value}} and is a {{c2:: method of evaluating the profitability of an investment}} by {{c3:: calculating the present value of future expected cashflows minus the initial cost of the investment}}. |
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Managers are typically averse to specific risk because their own livelyhood is closely tied to the firm's performance
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Managers are typically averse to specific risk because their own livelyhood is closely tied to the firm's performance
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| Text | Managers are typically averse to specific risk because {{c1:: their own livelyhood is closely tied to the firm's performance}} |
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Errors of ommission are mistakes which can be characterized as failing to take good decisions.
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Errors of ommission are mistakes which can be characterized as failing to take good decisions.
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| Text | Errors of {{c1:: ommission}} are mistakes which can be characterized as failing to take good decisions. |
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A safety property is a property of a system: "nothing bad ever happens". Can be violated in finite time. Exceptions, absence of deadlocks, and mutual exclusion are typical safety properties.
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A safety property is a property of a system: "nothing bad ever happens". Can be violated in finite time. Exceptions, absence of deadlocks, and mutual exclusion are typical safety properties.
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A safety property is a property of a system: "nothing bad ever happens". Can be violated in finite time. Exceptions, absence of deadlocks, and mutual exclusion are typical safety properties.
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A safety property is a property of a system: "nothing bad ever happens". Can be violated in finite time. Exceptions, absence of deadlocks, and mutual exclusion are typical safety properties.
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| Text | A {{c1::safety property}} is a property of a system: {{c2::"nothing bad ever happens"}}. Can be violated in {{c3::finite time}}. {{c4::Exceptions, absence of deadlocks, and mutual exclusion}} are typical safety properties. | A {{c1::safety property}} is a property of a system: {{c2::"nothing bad ever happens"}}. Can be violated in {{c3::finite time}}. {{c4::Exceptions, absence of deadlocks, and mutual exclusion}} are typical {{c1::safety properties}}. |