How Can Conflicts Arise Between the Decision Model and the Performance

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Essay

How can conflicts arise between the decision model and the performance evaluation model used to evaluate managers? Provide an example of this type of conflict.

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Definitions:

Homemade Leverage

The use of personal borrowing to change the overall amount of financial leverage to which an individual or business is exposed.

Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is a calculation of a firm's cost of capital in which each category of capital is proportionately weighted.

Levered Cost of Capital

The cost of capital for a company that has debt in its capital structure, reflecting the additional risk introduced by the use of debt.

Debt-equity Ratio

A gauge for the relative amounts of shareholders' equity and debt in a company's asset financing approach.