The Conflict of Interests Between the Goals of the Firm's

question 80

Multiple Choice

The conflict of interests between the goals of the firm's owners and those of its managers is:

• A) the antagonism theory.
• B) the agency problem.
• C) reduced when the company is large.
• D) serious only when sales volumes decline dramatically.

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