GAAP Goal Operations Succession 
Harvard Business Review
JULY 1, 2016
The first believes the company’s goal is to maximize shareholder value. Countries that operate under common law, including the United States and the United Kingdom, lean in this direction. Countries that operate under civil law, including France, Germany, and Japan, tend to be in this camp.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs? Since they wouldn't know that the companies had set and missed growth targets, they'd declare them very successful. But not the analysts.
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