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Article: Seven steps to maximizing shareholder value
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- Bank Director
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Bank Director Third Quarter 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Maximizing long-term shareholder value is at the core of everything that senior management and the board do. The vast majority of bankers and directors understand that implicitly. At the same time, many want that one silver bullet that will maximize the value of the bank. Should they do a stock buyback? Should they look for a merger partner? Should they buy or sell?
One or more of these options might be the right answer for a given bank at a given moment. But none of them works effectively in isolation to build the highest possible shareholder value.
In helping bankers visualize a continuous approach to maximizing shareholder value, the image of planning a journey is illustrative:
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