Can You Take the Heat? The Ethical Challenges of Dealing with Activist Shareholders / Amy Lipton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipton, Amy, author.

Swift, Tim, author.

Series:

SAGE business cases.

SAGE business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations--Finance--Case studies.

Corporations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2025.

Summary:

Stephanie, the founder and CEO of Philadelphia Dynamism Corporation, faces the toughest decision of her career. As the financial performance in her robotics engineering company plummets, and the firm's share price deteriorates, powerful investors are calling for drastic measures to improve the price of the firm's shares. Stephanie must choose between daunting alternatives: invest most of the firm's resources into share buybacks, which will probably make investors happy, or invest in risky exploratory R&D, which might restore the firm's competitive edge in innovation. Share buybacks will reduce pressure from investors, but not address the firm's core problems. The R&D program is likely to meet significant investor resistance and perhaps force Stephanie to resign, but has the chance of saving the firm. The firm's shareholders and stakeholders all look to Stephanie to announce the right course of action on the upcoming call with investment analysts.

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ISBN:

9781071983645

1071983644

OCLC:

1483993940