Secure Internal Data Markets

Secure Remote Access to an Internal Web Server Secure Remote Access to an Internal Web Server

We address the problem of secure remote access to a site's internal web server from outside the rewall. The idea is to give authorized users access to sensitive information, while protecting the information from others. We implemented our solution using a one-time password scheme for client authentication and SSL for conndentiality. Our main design considerations were security, performance, eas...

Optimal Design of Internal Capital Markets

This paper studies optimal design of a capital allocation system in a …rm in which the division manager with empire-building preferences privately observes the arrival and properties of investment projects, and the headquarters is able to audit each project at a cost. Under certain conditions, the optimal system takes the form of a budgeting mechanism with threshold division of authority. Speci...

Large Firms and Internal Labor Markets

This paper introduces a model of internal labor markets that is consistent with the observed differences between workers in large and small firms with respect to wages and separation rates. In particular, firms constitute labor markets with no search frictions. Workers are free to move within a firm at no cost, whereas switching across firms is costly. If the quality of a match between a worker...

Internal Capital Markets in Business Groups

Business groups are important in many countries. Several studies have looked at the performance and behavior of firms that are members of a business group. This paper looks at the issue in more detail and tries to answer some related questions. First, do business groups really have internal capital markets and do they provide efficient resource allocation (in a view of the controlling sharehold...

Internal Labor Markets and Manpower Analysis