In the mid-1990's, the Nets were seeking to maximize their value and marketability.
But they are paid $100,000 a year and have the power to vote 77.9percentt of A.I.G.'s shares in order to maximize their value to the Treasury.
"It's just going to take some time to allow those companies to mature and maximize their value," Mr. Johnson said.
Indeed, gift cards continued to be popular this year, and some shoppers said they were trying to maximize their value by using them during after-Christmas sales.
Fed officials said they would take control of the investment holdings of Bear Stearns in order to maximize their value and minimize disruptions as a result of a cash squeeze.
His heavily leveraged $8.2 billion buyout of the Tribune Company was closed in December with every intention of offsetting debt by offloading the Cubs — and exploring every way to maximize their value before cashing out.
The interactive Web site and its business model were discussed at the book fair's StoryDrive program, a two-day conference about the "media business of tomorrow," which included talks about the power of stories (and how to maximize their value), cross-media brand building, cross-media financing, and a talk by Vakili about how narrative drives the culture economy.
If you must make them, however, you must maximize their value.
But wikis also are hard to organize, offer limited display/navigation options, and may require some training to maximize their value.
What do you want your legacy to be? Icahn: I love finding great undervalued assets and then strategizing on how to maximize their value often by simply making changes in the executive suite.
