Share repurchases, coronaeconomy and stakeholders’ interests

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to consider the mechanism of share repurchases in the context of the coronaeconomy and the COVID-19 pandemic. The English- and Russian-language publications discussing share repurchases from the perspective of the stakeholder approach in corporate governance are reviewed. The practice of the Russian firms implementing share repurchase programs is analyzed, with the focus on the companies included in the Sustainable Development Ranking-100. It is concluded that share repurchases should be studied with regard to the impact they have on the interests of a wide range of company’s financial and non-financial stakeholders, and to the mutual influence of buybacks and parameters of sustainable economic development.