Measuring Economic Value Added (EVA): How Corporate Governance Works for Shareholders

Authors

Knowledge@SMU

Publication Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

4-2008

Abstract

Economic Value Added (EVA)” is a registered trademark of Stern Stewart & Co, a consulting firm which implements the EVA concept for large companies. Joel M. Stern, managing partner of Stern Stewart since its inception, is a recognised authority on corporate performance measurement and a pioneer and proponent of shareholder value. Stern recently delivered the Shaw Foundation Distinguished Faculty Lecture at the Singapore Management University on how to make corporate governance work for shareholders. This article explains why EVA as a way of measuring a firm's performance matters.

Disciplines

Accounting | Business | Finance and Financial Management

Copyright Owner and Holder

Copyright © Singapore Management University 2012

Licece/Creative Commons Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Article ID

1128

Subject(s)

Finance and Accounting

Citation

Knowledge@SMU. Measuring Economic Value Added (EVA): How Corporate Governance Works for Shareholders. (2008).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/63