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Article: How top companies create shareholder value.
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- Financial Executive
- Article date:
- May 1, 1990
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How top companies create shareholder value
A survey of senior financial people at some of the nation's largest corporations reveals the most popular strategies for boosting a firm's share value. The 1980s ushered in the widespread resurrection of a founding corporate objective: to increase shareholder value. This basic guiding principle, upon which every business entity initially is established, seeks to provide investors with returns to compensate for the risks they assume through their investment.
The factors contributing to this renewed focus on enhancing owner's worth reflect a variety of influences. Firms exist with the support of and attention to ...