There is a well-known conflict between managers and shareholders, superbly illustrated by the agency theory. A way for shareholders to ensure that managers will perform optimally, by taking the best actions and decisions, is to tie managers’ compensation to the performance of the firms. However, how can we fairly measure their performance? The Economic Value Added (EVA) methodology seems to be a good solution; ...
A case study concerning the problem of collecting noise sound signals from a typical factory shop-floor, down from 2 Hz to 20 kHz, and reproducing them in a biologically controlled small reverberant closed-room for in-vivo investigation of the biological effects of noise radiation is presented. The project of the electro-acoustic set-up for recording and reproduction is described, with discussion of the encount...
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