The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

by Lynn Stout and Lynn A. Stout

Book Overview

"Shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world."
--Jack Welch

Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy.

Stout shows how shareholder value thinking endangers not only investors but the rest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605098132
• ISBN13: 9781605098135
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"