Increasing Shareholder Value: Distribution Policy, A Corporate Finance Challenge / Edition 1

by Harold Bierman Jr.

Overview

Corporations earn incomes and amass wealth. There are many books offering advice how to increase the profitability of corporations by achieving excellence in operations and choosing the correct strategic path. Increasing Shareholder Value: Distribution Policy, A Corporate Finance Challenge is concerned with how the corporation should reward its shareholders after the incomes are earned.
Investment decisions, capital structure, and dividend policy must be coordinated so that the well being of the firm's skholders is considered in the planning process. The corporate planners should realize that the individual investors are also making plans, and the corporation can assist this planning process by making its own financial plans and strategies well known.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792375173
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	09/30/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	151
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. An Overview of Corporate Distribution Policy. 2. Dividends Versus Retained Earnings. 3. Dividends Versus Share Repurchase. 4. Share Repurchase and Sk Price. 5. Choosing Between Real Investments and Share Repurchase. 6. The Return Earned by Share Repurchase. 7. Share Repurchase and Earnings Per Share Buypack Parity. 8. A Dividend Reduction Strategy. 9. The Investor's Viewpoint. 10. Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIP's). 11. Repurchase of Shares Accompanied by the Selling of Puts. 12. A Ranking of Alternatives. Index.