which of the following cases will the agency problem between shareholders and managers be the greatest? a) 75% of the common stock is owned by the founder of the company who decided to retire and hired a manager to run his business for him. b)You own 50% of the common stock of the company. The other 50% is owned by 5 mutual funds. c) The common stock of the company is owned by many diverse shareholders, with no shareholder owning more than 2% of the ou
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In which of the following cases will the agency problem between shareholders and managers be the greatest?
a) 75% of the common stock is owned by the founder of the company who decided to retire and hired a manager to run his business for him.
b)You own 50% of the common stock of the company. The other 50% is owned by 5 mutual funds.
c) The common stock of the company is owned by many diverse shareholders, with no shareholder owning more than 2% of the outstanding stock.
d)All top managers in the company own significant amounts of stock and stock options.
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