sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMcDonald's Introduces AI Drive-Thru System, Sparking Customer Backlashtech.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1506
arrow-up1506external-linkMcDonald's Introduces AI Drive-Thru System, Sparking Customer Backlashtech.yahoo.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square193fedilink
minus-squareJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·1 day agoBut if they do that, how can they maximize shareholder value?
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agowhose shareholders? McD’s? The franchisee’s?
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·24 hours ago‘Shareholder Value’ is derived from Rents. It’s McDonalds.
minus-squarehark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoThe more that franchisees can bear to pay in rent, the more corporate can charge, so the franchisees hiring fewer people is maximizing shareholder value even if indirectly.
But if they do that, how can they maximize shareholder value?
whose shareholders? McD’s? The franchisee’s?
Yes
‘Shareholder Value’ is derived from Rents. It’s McDonalds.
The more that franchisees can bear to pay in rent, the more corporate can charge, so the franchisees hiring fewer people is maximizing shareholder value even if indirectly.