经理们增加对最大化股东价值的关注在20世纪80年代这个观点被引进来的时候赢得了许多的支持者：不考虑个人情感的金融市场法则会迫使公司变得更多产，更能创新。
Managers’ increased focus on maximizing shareholder value won many adherents when the idea was introduced in the 1980’s: the impersonal discipline of financial markets would force companies to become more productive and innovative.