The current study investigates a tripartite incentive contract between an innovator supplying an intellectual asset, a professional assigned to productive tasks, and a consulting firm specializing in matching ideas and professional skills. A rather simple pure tripartite partnership implements...

Governance: Who controls matters / Bruno Deffains, Nancy and Dominique Demougin -- Corporate governance in new enterprises or: why do some CEOs hold large equity stakes while others are paid through stock options? / Erik E. Lehmann -- Conditional allocation of control rights in venture capital...

The effect of severance pay on management behavior during a takeover battle is generally ambiguous. Yet, the severance payment completely restraining all influence activities always constitutes a "golden handshake." The manager leaving office still benefits from the increase in the merged firm's...