In Countries Like France and Germany

In countries like France and Germany,

A) managers have often made business decisions with regard to maximizing market share to the exclusion of other goals.
B) managers have often viewed shareholders as one of the "stakeholders" of the firm, others being employees, customers, suppliers, banks and so forth.
C) managers have often regarded the prosperity and growth of their combines, or families of related firms, as their critical goal.
D) managers have traditionally embraced the maximization of shareholder wealth as the only worthy goal.