Economics Homework Help

Case Study: Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty

Overview

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 identify risk and identify comprehensive ways to should minimize its negative impacts and address risk while improving profitability.

Instructions

• 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.