Building Respected Companies

by Jordi Canals

Book Overview

The current financial crisis has deep macroeconomic roots, but the dominant view of the firm has made the crisis deeper and more devastating. Over the past few decades, maximizing shareholder value has become the main objective of the firm. Chief executives have been keen on this objective because their economic incentives have been clearly associated with stock market performance. Unfortunately, this has driven many CEOs to make terrible decisions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521192102
• ISBN13: 9780521192101
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"