Maximizing shareholder-value: A panacea for economic growth or a recipe for economic and social disintegration?

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-74

  McSweeney, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Shareholder value analysis; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849102412     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040810849767     Document Type: Article

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