A Shareholder Value and Agency Theory Based Compensation System

Diploma Thesis from the year 2000 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,0 (A), Technical University of Braunschweig (Department of Accounting/College of Business Administration), language: English, abstract: "The fundamental goal of all business is to maximize shareholder value." This statement has become commonplace not only in corporate Ame...