An agent-theoretic perspective on the management of information systems

Agency theory, a relatively novel approach that extends traditional microeconomics by including certain organizational variables, is proposed as a means of analyzing a large set of problems in the MOIS (management of information systems) literature. An introduction is given to agency theory and the authors demonstrate its applicability to resource allocation and organization structure decisions in MOIS.<<ETX>>

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