Research on the Methods of Maximizing the Profits of Enterprise Shareholders

Abstract

In 1999, OECD published a document "OECD corporate governance principles", which stressed that companies should first operate for the interests of shareholders. With the development of science and technology and economy, it has been widely recognized that maximizing shareholders' profits is the primary goal of the company. In the paper, the author conducted a large number of investigations on why the company takes maximizing shareholder profits as its main goal and how to maximize shareholder profits, such as some famous domestic listed companies and elite enterprises in all walks of life. This paper analyzes the reason why companies in various countries changed their strategies in recent years, analyzes the practices and examples of maximizing shareholders' profits, and lastly summarizes several the most effective methods, such as scientific management, evaluation of enterprise value, and maximization of shareholders' profits. It found that these methods are necessary to pay attention to in order to maximize shareholders' profits.