I study how to allocate control (over one or multiple projects) when people may openly disagree on the optimal course of action.I first show that, in the efficient allocation, complementary decisions should be decided by the same person, while substitute decisions should be decided by different...

In the current business environment organizations are under increased pressure to ensure that they are taking appropriate measures not only in creating value, but also in preserving value. This is required in order to adequately safeguard and defend the interests of their multiple stakeholders....

During a period of increasing turbulence and uncertainty in the corporate world, this timely paper contains the complete body of work addressed in the quot;Corporate Defense Insights: Dispatches from the Front Linequot; Qamp;A series (individually published at the RiskCenter throughout the...

This paper explores the nature of governance both within and by blockchains and the economies they support. There is a widespread assumption that the proper governance model for these economies is political, i.e., democratic voting. In this paper we make an alternative claim, namely that a more...

If we consider corporate defense as representing an organization's program of self-defense, we are referring to the structures, measures, mechanisms and processes aimed at defending the interests of all of its stakeholders (including its people). Managing corporate defense is therefore an...

The article formulates the information theory of firm, introduces the concept of firm as an operating system, which controls the firm’s operation by the means of the information resources processing, in an analogy with the operating system at a microprocessor in the computing devices,...

Since its publication the book "Corporate Defense and the Value Preservation Imperative: Bulletproof Your Corporate Defense Program" has been critically acclaimed by a host of distinguished corporate commentators.It has received a wide spectrum of positive feedback from an eclectic mix of...

Company executives rely on new product development teams to carry out their directives and make decisions according to management’s goals and objectives. However, new product team members bring their own motivational perspectives to strategic decisions. This research examines how individual...

Principal-agent analysis is applied to contemporary evidence on venture capital investment. The investor (as principal) and investee (as agent) are analysed in terms of risk management, information handling and the trading of risk and information. Investors and investees were paired in 'dyads',...

Knowledge is seen in our day as the main driving force behind productivity,performance and economic growth, shifting the focus to information, technology andlearning and their role in economic performance. The growing codification of knowledgeand its transmission through communications and...