ABSTRACT

This chapter describes the results of empirical research regarding the identification of places/areas of occurrence of the shareholders’ impact on the effectiveness of company value creation, quality of leadership in IT companies, a comparative analysis of a leader/shareholder and a leader/hired manager in the context of the effectiveness of leading changes that aim to build the long-term capacity of a company to create its value.

The final part of the chapter presents an assessment of the relationship between shareholders and the effectiveness of value creation of IT companies in light of the authors’ own studies.