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Creating shareholder value : a guide for managers and investors / Alfred Rappaport.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press, c1998.Edition: Rev. edISBN:
  • 0684844109
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.155 21
LOC classification:
  • HG4028.V3
Contents:
Ch. 1. Shareholder Value and Corporate Purpose -- Ch. 2. Shortcomings of Accounting Numbers -- Ch. 3. Shareholder Value Approach -- Ch. 4. Formulating Strategies -- Ch. 5. Valuing Strategies -- Ch. 6. Stock Market Signals to Management -- Ch. 7. Performance Evaluation and Executive Compensation -- Ch. 8. Mergers and Acquisitions -- Ch. 9. Implementing Shareholder Value -- Ch. 10. The Shareholder Scoreboard.
Summary: The ultimate test of corporate strategy, the only reliable measure, is whether it creates economic value for shareholders. Now, in this substantially revised and updated edition of his 1986 business classic, Creating Shareholder Value, Alfred Rappaport provides managers and investors with the practical tools needed to generate superior returns. After a decade of downsizings frequently blamed on shareholder value decision making, this book presents a new and in-depth assessment of the rationale for shareholder value.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

1st ed. has subtitle: The new standard for business performance.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-195) and index.

Ch. 1. Shareholder Value and Corporate Purpose -- Ch. 2. Shortcomings of Accounting Numbers -- Ch. 3. Shareholder Value Approach -- Ch. 4. Formulating Strategies -- Ch. 5. Valuing Strategies -- Ch. 6. Stock Market Signals to Management -- Ch. 7. Performance Evaluation and Executive Compensation -- Ch. 8. Mergers and Acquisitions -- Ch. 9. Implementing Shareholder Value -- Ch. 10. The Shareholder Scoreboard.

The ultimate test of corporate strategy, the only reliable measure, is whether it creates economic value for shareholders. Now, in this substantially revised and updated edition of his 1986 business classic, Creating Shareholder Value, Alfred Rappaport provides managers and investors with the practical tools needed to generate superior returns. After a decade of downsizings frequently blamed on shareholder value decision making, this book presents a new and in-depth assessment of the rationale for shareholder value.