A Principal May Be Liable to a Third Person for an Agent's

question 24

True/False

A principal may be liable to a third person for an agent's unauthorized contracts.

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Definitions:

Channel Stuffing

A practice where a company inflates its sales and earnings figures by deliberately sending retailers along its distribution channel more products than they can sell to the end-user.

Earned Revenue

Income a company receives from its business activities, such as sales of goods or services, in contrast to revenue from investments or other sources.

M-form Organization

A type of organizational structure in which a company is divided into semi-autonomous units or divisions, each with its own profit responsibility.

Divisional Conflicts

Disputes or disagreements between different divisions or departments within an organization, often arising from competition for resources, differing objectives, or misaligned incentives.