Campo 3/8/2012 BUSN 320 Word Count 392 Maximizing Shareholder Wealth The goal of a firm and a financial manager should involve maximizing the wealth of a firm’s shareholders through achieving the highest possible value for the firm (Block 13). It is a vital task to oversee properly as a financial manager‚ and while the manager cannot directly control the firm’s stock price‚ it can act consistently with the desires of the shareholder. Accounting‚ financial and other irregularities can erode
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A. FIRM AND ITS OBJECTIVE: Conventional theory of firm assumes profit maximization is the sole objective of business firms. But recent researches on this issue reveal that the objectives the firms pursue are more than one. Some important objectives‚ other than profit maximization are: (a) Maximization of the sales revenue (b) Maximization of firm’s growth rate (c) Maximization of Managers utility function (d) Making satisfactory rate of Profit (e) Long run Survival of the firm (f) Entry-prevention
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well as the firm) is the maximization of shareholders’ wealth. A good financial manager therefore should carefully consider and weigh the risk of undertaking a certain project against the profits associated with undertaking such a project. Capital Budgeting techniques enable the manager to make such decisions. The first question that comes to mind is‚ when making a capital investment decision‚ should we focus on cash flows or accounting profits. The book is stating “In measuring wealth or value
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1. What are some of the problem involves in the use of profit maximization as the goal of the firm? How does the goal of maximization of stockholders wealth deal with doe’s problem? The goal of profit maximization ignores two major factors which are timing and uncertainly‚ it is the cause of the problem of a firm. Using profit maximization project and investments are compared by examining expected values‚ not whether one project is riskier than the other. Profit maximization also ignores the timing
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Objectives of Firms Introduction to Business Objectives Standard theory assumes that businesses have sufficient information‚ market power and (importantly) motivation to set prices for their products that maximise profits This assumption is now heavily criticised by economists who have studied the organisation and objectives of modern-day corporations. Not only do most businesses frequently move away from pure profit-seeking behaviour‚ many are organised and operated in a way where profit is not the
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Question: Firms often involve themselves in projects that do not result directly in profits‚ for example by sponsorship of sporting events of the opera or other entertainment. Do these projects contradict the goal of maximization of shareholder wealth? Why or why not? Answer: Participating in programs that are socially responsible does not contradict the goal of maximization of shareholder wealth. Having a good reputation from your local community is very important for sustaining a business
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Page | 1 “A proper balance of the rights of majority and minority shareholders is essential for the smooth functioning of the company.”- Explain & Illustrate? 1. Introduction: The basic principal relating to the administration of the affairs of a company is that “the will of the majority is supreme”. The general rule is that the decisions of the majority shareholders in a company bind the minority. 1 In a world that recognizes ‘simple majority rules’‚ minority shareholders of companies are by default
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Impact on Shareholders Wealth in M&A Episode | | |Abstract | |The Indian economy has undergone a major transformation and structural change during the past decade or so as a result of economic reforms | |introduced by the Government
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Abstract Maximizing shareholder wealth requires a decisive strategy and a well-developed plan. It allows an investor to consider financial statements and growth strategies in order to establish a course of action. Case in point‚ one major franchising international business bought a well-known global restaurant business. The risks and expected return by these two companies may affect its long-term future goals. A profitable electronics company may lose its primary supplier in a strategic takeover
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Chapter 6: “What Do Firms Try to Maximize‚ if Anything?” Introduction Do firms really maximize profit? This question has been under debate since the 1940s and 1950s‚ when a wide number of mainstream neoclassical economists defended the assumption against a group of institutional economists that questioned the assumption as the norm in the industry. On the side of the neoclassical economists were Fritz Machlup and Milton Friedman‚ with institutional economists Richard A. Lester and Garnder C
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