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"The conclusion... of the M&A boom and bust in the 1990s is the same. Shareholder value must be read as a political strategy to monopolize corporate control and advocate for 'the demands of financial interest to reap high returns' in a very short amount of time. This logic of shareholder value imposed certain practices that 'victimized the poorly protected parties such as workers, suppliers, and host communities'"