The document discusses management service contracts (MSCs), which involve a company providing management services like operations, personnel, marketing, and accounting to another company. MSCs are commonly used in industries like hotels and hospitals when local skills are lacking. Some key advantages are that the management company handles day-to-day tasks while the owner remains a silent partner, but disadvantages include the owner having to handle any issues the management company cannot. Examples of MSCs include one formed between Qantas and Duncan Upton in 1978 and one between DBS Asia and a Taiwanese company for digital television programming.