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Case Study: Dealing With Risk and Uncertainty
Select a company of your choice, one that has been dealing with risk and uncertainty within the last six months, and write a 6-8 page paper in which you:
• Evaluate a company's recent actions (within the last six months) dealing with risk and uncertainty.
• Offer advice for improving risk management.
• Examine an adverse selection problem your company is facing and recommend how it should minimize its negative impact on transactions.
• Determine the ways your company is dealing with the moral hazard problem and suggest best practices used in the industry to deal with it.
• Identify a principal-agent problem in your company and evaluate the tools it uses to align incentives and improve profitability.
• Examine the organizational structure of your company and suggest ways it can be changed to improve the overall profitability.
• Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. One reference must be about the risk and uncertainty the company has faced in the last six months.
• Note: Wikipedia, Investopedia, Course Hero, and similar websites are not acceptable references.
• For the best results in your search for resource material, visit the Research Hub.
Formatting Requirements
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