Having a Founder and Top Executive Also Be a Major

question 33

Multiple Choice

Having a founder and top executive also be a major shareholder ________.

• A) always results in agency conflicts that are bad for minority shareholders
• B) can sometimes have benefits that outweigh the costs
• C) is illegal in the U.S. and most other industrialized countries
• D) is never beneficial to employees

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