Agency problems

2012-10-19

“Agency problems” are what economists call situations where a person’s interests diverge from his or her firm’s interests. Large companies…

The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions

2012-10-18

There’s been a lot of speculation lately about why big companies spend millions of dollars acquiring startups for their technology or talent…

Regulatory hacks

2012-10-10

A common way to think of business regulations is by analogy to sports: the rules are specified up front, and the players follow the rules…