Explore: Shareholders

of itself. The influence of shareholders on the business is determined by the shareholding percentage owned. Shareholders of corporations are legally

the owners in fraud. When the owners of a firm are shareholders, their interest is called shareholders' equity. It is the difference between a company's

Shareholder activism is a form of activism in which shareholders use equity stakes in a corporation to put pressure on its management. A fairly small stake

priority relative to all other stakeholders. A shareholder primacy approach often gives shareholders power to intercede directly and frequently in corporate

returns to shareholders should outperform certain bench-marks such as the cost of capital concept. In essence, the idea that shareholders' money should

Shareholder loan is a debt-like form of financing provided by shareholders. Usually, it is the most junior debt in the company's debt portfolio. On the

public market for shares leaves minority shareholders particularly vulnerable, since minority shareholders cannot escape mistreatment by selling their

shareholders' agreement (sometimes referred to in the U.S. as a stockholders' agreement) (SHA) is an enforceable agreement amongst the shareholders or

incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders are liable for the company's debts only to the value

to increase its profits and maximize returns to shareholders. Friedman argued that the shareholders can then decide for themselves what social initiatives