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Shareholder Value: Principles, Declarations, and Actions

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2010
Claudio Loderer
This paper is about shareholder value. We examine whether welfare considerations justify that target and whether competitive markets force firms to pursue it. We also argue that shareholder value is strictly an ill-defined goal. We report evidence from a large sample of listed firms across the world that many managers do not even mention shareholders in their mission statements. However, firms that do disclose a commitment to shareholders seem to perform better in terms of stock price and operating performance. [source]

Factors Influencing Dividend Policy Decisions of Nasdaq Firms

FINANCIAL REVIEW, Issue 3 2001
H. Kent Baker
G35 Abstract This study reports the results of a 1999 survey of Nasdaq-listed firms. Respondents provided information about the importance of 22 different factors that influence their dividend policy. Our results suggest that many managers of Nasdaq firms make dividend decisions consistent with Lintner's (1956) survey results and model. The results also show significant differences between the manager responses of financial and non-financial firms on nine of the 22 factors. This finding implies the presence of industry effects on dividend policy decisions. In general, the same factors that are important to Nasdaq firms are also important to NYSE firms. [source]

A Multidimensional Framework for Understanding Outsourcing Arrangements

JOURNAL OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, Issue 4 2007
Nada R. Sanders
SUMMARY The growth of outsourcing has resulted in numerous different outsourcing arrangements, ranging from out-tasking and managed services to business process outsourcing and transformational outsourcing. The growing lexicon of outsourcing terminology has caused confusion for many managers and academicians alike, who tend to view outsourcing as a fixed, discrete event or a simple make-or-buy decision. In reality, outsourcing is an umbrella term that includes a range of sourcing options that are external to the firm. Understanding these options, their characteristic differences, and how they serve to meet differing business objectives is the focus of the current research. Based on in-depth interviews with 19 senior executives experienced in outsourcing, as well as a thorough synthesis of available research, this article provides a framework clarifying the broad spectrum of outsourcing arrangements, and their inherent risks and advantages. Managerial guidance related to outsourcing is also provided. [source]

What use is business experience on a nonprofit or governmental board?

BOARD LEADERSHIP: POLICY GOVERNANCE IN ACTION, Issue 58 2001
Article first published online: 14 MAR 200
Most boards assume that business experience can be a great asset in board members. And it can be,but as John Carver explains, not in the ways many managers may assume. [source]