Portions of this article were drafted using an in-house natural language generation platform. The article was reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff. Companies often have various ...

Many business leaders devote a lot of time to making shareholders happy. Happy shareholders are a good thing, of course, but shareholder value shouldn't be the only goal of a business. Stakeholders ...

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Haywood Kelly: At Morningstar, we're proud that our research teams not only operate independently but that our analysts are encouraged to explore ideas and raise contrarian viewpoints. The enemy of ...

Today we’re checking in on what happened after almost 200 high profile CEOs signed a statement in 2019 promising to serve stakeholders like employees and consumers along with their shareholders. Have ...

To make the shift, it’s crucial to appoint corporate boards that embrace the change—and that’s not always happening, this management consultant says. Recently, I attended a presentation sponsored by a ...

What should be the role of corporations in society? Discussion and debate on this issue have been ongoing for decades. More recently, however, the 2007-2008 global financial crisis unleashed a huge ...

That is when the Business Roundtable published its opinion about the purpose of a corporation, proclaiming that companies should no longer act only in the interests of shareholders. Instead, the group ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Georgescu is chairman emeritus of Y & R advertising. The contention that the shareholders own companies is based, at best, ...

(RTTNews) - Responding to recent letters issued by Island Capital Group LLC, MarineMax Inc. (HZO) said it is open-minded and regularly evaluates bone fide opportunities to enhance shareholder value.