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Principle-agent analysis of technology project (LINCOS) in Costa Rica

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  • Dawood MAMOON

    (School of Business & Economics, University of Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.)

  • Silvia HERNANDEZ

    (Former Deputy Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy Government of Costa Rica, Costa Rica.)

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the institutional arrangement between various actors to understand how ICT project objectives flow among actors in a standard LINCOS project and how they would affect the sustainability and effectiveness of LINCOS in particular and an ICT project in general. Since there are many actors involved in different stages and processes of a single LINCOS project, the paper analyses the bilateral and multilateral relationships among these actors to understand the factors that might affect the efficiency of the ICT project. In other words the paper looks at the actors involved in a LINCOS project in an effort to capture those circumstances under which a LINCOS project is exposed to principal- agent problems.

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  • Dawood MAMOON & Silvia HERNANDEZ, 2017. "Principle-agent analysis of technology project (LINCOS) in Costa Rica," Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, KSP Journals, vol. 4(4), pages 320-351, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksp:journ4:v:4:y:2017:i:4:p:320-351
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    Keywords

    Technology; Game theory; Project Evaluation.;
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    • C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
    • N70 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N75 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Asia including Middle East

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