Economic Value Added (EVA) is a value based performance measure that gives importance on value creation by the management for the owners. Profit maximization as a concept is age-old, wealth maximization is matured and value maximization is today's wisdom. Stern Stewart's EVA raises storm in...

This paper provides evidence that uncontested director elections provide informative polls of investor perceptions regarding board performance. We find that higher (lower) vote approval is associated with lower (higher) stock price reactions to subsequent announcements of management turnovers....

This study examines the nature of the influences that can and often do have indirect negative impacts on mutual fund shareholders. The first influence is fund market monopolistic competition, which lessens competition on the basis of prices charged shareholders. The second influence are fund...

This study examines the nature of the influences that can and often do have indirect negative impacts on mutual fund shareholders. The first influence is fund market monopolistic competition, which lessens competition on the basis of prices charged shareholders. The second influence are fund...

External value measures are the favorite tools of modern investors and managers to assess current and prospective company's ability to achieve the goal of maximizing shareholder value. They provide a market assessment of intrinsic value of a company, and management's performance and strategy....

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of value-based performance measures – economic value added (EVA), market value added (MVA) and cash value added (CVA) – with corporate governance using data on 41 corporations listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange-100 Index....

The major financial objective of a firm is the maximization of its shareholders’ value. All management decisions and approaches should contribute to this objective. Management, though, faces the problem of determining what the effect of its actions would be on maximizing the shareholder’s...