Finance Series

The Purpose of the Corporation: Shareholder-Value Maximization?

Urs Waelchli

Institut für Finanzmanagement, Universität Bern

Series number:

095/2005

Date published:

01 Feb 2006

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Categories

Shareholder Value

Keywords

shareholder value, corporate target, Corporate governance

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