Shareholder value maximisation, stock market and new technology: Should the US corporate model be the universal standard?

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-437

  Singh, Ajit ^a   Glen, Jack ^b   Zammit, Ann ^c   De Hoyos, Rafael ^a   Singh, Alaka ^a   Weisse, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c South Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Information Technology; Shareholder wealth; Stock market efficiency

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKET CONDITIONS; MODELING; STOCK MARKET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844482986     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170500208533     Document Type: Article

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