Agency theory versus stewardship theory
The question it answersWhy monitor managers, and when is monitoring unnecessary?
The pieces of knowledge the articles lean on again and again: frameworks, cases from listed companies, glossary terms and the sources behind them. Each entry has a page of its own, and that page lists every article that mentions it.
Each framework answers one specific question. The card gives that question, where the framework comes from, its diagram type and how many articles use it.

The question it answersWhy monitor managers, and when is monitoring unnecessary?
The question it answersWhat does 'fair' mean in a machine-learning model, and why can't we have everything at once?
The question it answersShould growth come from existing or new products in existing or new markets, and how does risk rise?
The question it answersAcross a portfolio of businesses, which should receive investment, be held or be harvested?
The question it answersFrom which perspectives do we measure performance so we do not trade long-term capability for short-term profit?
The question it answersDoes the team cover action, people and thinking roles?
The question it answersHow does a satisfied customer become a vocal advocate?
The question it answersWhere do the decision to change and the way it is carried out come from, and how do they relate to strategy?
The question it answersWhich organisational factors decide whether change succeeds or fails?
The question it answersHow does the organisation create, deliver and capture value, and which block is blocking recurring revenue?
The question it answersWho holds power in this relationship and how to act?
The question it answersHow do cultural, administrative, geographic and economic distance change the case for entering a market?
Listed companies only, with figures from annual reports and public disclosures. Every case says which frameworks it applies.

Only what the paper states: global manufacturing output fell sharply in Q2 2020; large manufacturers such as 3M could internalise part of the shock and adjust quickly; backward integration is argued…
Beer and Nohria use these two companies to illustrate two ways of changing (shareholder-value led and capability led). The facts are in the public HBR article.
A workplace-certification provider presents culture as one factor behind Admiral growing into a multi-billion-pound business. The December 2024 edition headlines £8bn; the current page says £10bn.…
A platform connecting hosts and guests, founded in 2008; a standard example for the Canvas and two-sided platforms.
A paper by three Amazon engineers describes item-to-item collaborative filtering for shopping recommendations. Used to explain recommendation systems.
Robots were introduced into UK fulfilment centres from early 2016 to work alongside staff. The source page is published by Amazon itself, so it is a one-sided account.
The tool learned from years of mostly male hiring records and so downgraded CVs signalling women; the company stopped using it. A classic case of skewed data and proxy variables.
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 gives the Competition and Markets Authority power to designate firms with strategic market status. On 22 October 2025 the CMA confirmed Apple…
In March 2012 Apple announced it would start paying a dividend and repurchasing shares. Its quarterly report to 26 March 2016 describes the company's commercial paper programme.
The report's opening states Apple has cut overall emissions by more than 60% since 2015.
A US copyright lawsuit over training models on works without permission; it shows existing intellectual-property frameworks being tested. The outcome may change.
The rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed workers and caused a huge oil spill; the national commission linked its causes to cost-cutting and weak risk management. BP later pleaded guilty to…
Definitions in my own words, with a source where there is one. In an article only the first mention carries the dotted underline.

Every theory in an article traces back to a source listed here. If it has a DOI it links to doi.org; if not, the page says so.


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