Does digitalization mitigate or intensify the principal-agent conflict in a firm?
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Keywords
Corporate governance; Blockchain; Digital transformation; Corporate voting; Proxy contest; Shareholder activism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
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