--%>

Types of agency

Types of agency: Specific types of Agency include:

A) Auctioneers: Are an agent of vendor until the fall of the hammer when they become an agent for the purchaser.

B) Mercantile (or factor) agents: Have control or possession of goods on behalf of a P and can sell them in their own name.

C) Brokers: A general agent who buys and sells on behalf of P but has neither possession or control.

D) Del Credere Agents: A guarantees both sale and payment to P.

E) Partners: Partners are agents of their co-partners.

F) Real Estate Agents: Not strictly agents as the relationship is not strictly P and A as the only power A has is to bring the parties together, so they are better described as stakeholders.

   Related Questions in Corporate Finance

  • Q : Leverage ratio problem Handy Inc has

    Handy Inc has debt-to-assets ratio of 40%, tax rate of 35%, and total value of $100 million. W. C. Handy, the CFO, would like to increase the leverage ratio to 42%, and he believes that there will be no change in the bankruptcy cost of the company. How many dollars wo

  • Q : Who was the first to quantify the idea

    Who was the first to quantify the idea of Brownian motion?

  • Q : Who described option pricing with

    Who described option pricing with deterministic volatility?

  • Q : Operational efficiency and

    Distinguish between Operational efficiency and informational efficiency?

  • Q : Long-Term Financing Needed Long-Term

    Long-Term Financing Needed : - At year-end 2012, total assets for Ambrose Inc. were $1.2 million and accounts payable were $375,000. Sales, which in 2012 were $2.5 million, are expected to increase by 25% in 2013. Total ass

  • Q : Difference between capitalization and

    Is the difference for the value creation in a company among the market value of the shares (capitalization) and their book value a good measure since its foundation?

  • Q : Expected return for a portfolio What is

    What is the expected return for a portfolio consisting of 200 shares of Nike, 200 shares of Home Depot, and 400 shares of Intel if their expected returns are 10%, 8% and 12% respectively, and their current prices are $25, $50, and $25 per share respec

  • Q : Problem on exponential growth rate

    Atlanta Company stock is predicted to follow an exponential growth rate. The relationship among the current stock price P0, future price PT after time T, and continuously compounded rate of the return r, is: PT = P0eγT. The stock doesn’t pay any

  • Q : Benefits of working capital requirement

    Benefits of working capital requirement estimation: • Helps to judge the efficiency of utilization of working capital in generation of sales • Cost of capital aspect

  • Q : Problem on Bond Price Kevin is

    Kevin is interested in buying a 5-year bond which pays a coupon of 10 % on a semi-annual basis. The present market rate for similar bonds is 8.8 %. What must be the present price of this bond? (Round to the closest dollar.) (a) $1,048  (b) $965  (c) $1,099&n