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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

This writer advocates that firms allow workers to work from home

https://qz.com/891537/if-you-dont-trust-your-employees-to-work-remotely-you-shouldnt-have-hired-them-in-the-first-place/

Here are two questions to consider:

  1. What prerequisites exist for ROWE to be feasible?
  2. Is ROWE always better than open-office butts-in-seats? If not, under what conditions is each more likely to be better?
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Labels: Asymmetric information

Friday, January 13, 2017

What happens when profits are high and barriers to entry are not?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cvs-takes-on-mylans-epipen-with-much-cheaper-version-of-an-alternative-2017-01-12
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Labels: Strategy

Friday, January 6, 2017

Does Tim Cook's compensation scheme align his interests with the other owners' of Apple?

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/06/technology/apple-tim-cook-pay-cut/index.html
Posted by Edward Millner at 1:16 PM No comments:
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Labels: Aligning interests
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