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Building Respected Companies Rethinking Business Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm

Hardcover • 2010 • English

Building Respected Companies Rethinking Business Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm

By Canals Jordi

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About the book

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 based on short-termism and greed. In this way, ...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Economics, Finance, Business and Management

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9780521192101

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Building Respected Companies Rethinking Business Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm

Format

Hardcover

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