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Author Stout, Lynn A., 1957- author.

Title The shareholder value myth : how putting shareholders first harms investors, corporations, and the public / Lynn Stout.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, [2012]
©2012

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (vi, 134 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome.
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Series A BK business book
BK business book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: "the dumbest idea in the world" -- The rise of shareholder value thinking -- How shareholder primacy gets corporate law wrong -- How shareholder primacy gets corporate economics wrong -- How shareholder primacy gets the empirical evidence wrong -- Short-term speculators versus long-term investors -- Keeping promises to build successful companies -- Hedge funds versus universal investors -- Making room for shareholder conscience -- Conclusion: "slaves of some defunct economist."
Summary In this radical debunking of pervasive myths about how corporations and investors behave, UCLA professor and legal celebrity Lynn Stout shows how--contrary to entrenched belief--"shareholder primacy" is not mandated by corporate law and actually harms shareholders themselves
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Stockholders.
Stockholders.
Corporate governance.
Corporate governance.
Corporations -- Investor relations.
Corporations -- Investor relations.
Corporations -- Valuation.
Corporations -- Valuation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Stout, Lynn A., 1957- Shareholder value myth. 1st ed. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, ©2012 9781605098135 (DLC) 2012003687 (OCoLC)760975992
ISBN 9781605098166 (electronic book)
1605098167 (electronic book)
9781605098159 (electronic book)
1605098159 (electronic book)
1280128194
9781280128196
9786613532077
661353207X
9781605098135 (paperback)
1605098132 (paperback)
Standard No. 7231608