shareholder value in inustrial sector

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Business

 

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David Q

 

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March 21, 2013

 

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University

 

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The fact that it appears to be largely corporations in these nations is no coincidence, as it is these nations that prioritise maximisation of shareholder value. German companies seldom make more than 1% ROCE, similar to that of Japan, yet it is these companies that are recording higher sales, incurring lower costs and having increased satisfaction from customers, whereas American and UK manufacturing firms are lessening by the year...
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I argue that it is the quest for increasing shareholder value that has ultimately crippled US and UK car manufacturing firms by forcing them to concentrate on short term issues, ignore investment in non-tangible assets such as knowledge and skills, in line with M. Porter’s similar argument. (Grant 1995) Eastern manufacturing companies such as Toyota have been investing in such skills, and by utilising the value and skill of their workers they have been able to implement innovative techniques such as JIT and TQM, resulting in boosted quality and lessened costs, giving them a true advantage over US and UK firms in the same industry...
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