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Author:

Stout, Lynn A., 1957-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Berrett-Koehler,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

vi, 134 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Stockholders.
Corporate governance.
Corporations--Investor relations.
Corporations--Valuation.

Notes:

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."

ISBN:

1605098132 (pbk.)
9781605098135 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2012003687

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)