Economics B A-Level
Shareholders
What Shareholders means in Economics B A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Shareholders
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
One type of stakeholder who own part of the business and typically seek profit maximisation, high dividends and capital growth.
Topics that use Shareholders
- Stakeholders (economic agents) and their objectives (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Economic agents
- Industrial action
- Internal stakeholders
- Profit maximisation
- Stakeholder conflict
- Stakeholders
- Trade-offs
- External stakeholders
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