Shareholder Wealth Maximization
CHAPTER 23Shareholder WealthMaximizationDUANE WINDSORLynette S. Autrey Professor of Management, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School ofBusiness, Rice UniversityINTRODUCTIONThe Shareholder Wealth Maximization (SWM) principle states that the immediateoperating goal and the ultimate purpose of a public corporation is and shouldbe to maximize return on equity capital. The SWM specification of what is oftentermed thecorporate objectivemakes operating goal and ultimate purpose the same:Managers and investors should focus narrowly on question of whether the corporate objective can be a strict emphasis onSWM or must recognize significant differences between the operating goal for man-agers and investors and the ultimate social purpose of the public corporation liesat the intersec
438 Financial Management Shareholder wealth maximization focuses on the motives and behaviors of financial stakeholders. The thesis …
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