Managerial efforts to boost a company's stock price should entail such actions as

raising the company's dividend each year(by at least $0.10 and preferably $0.25 or more for the increase to have much impact on the stock price) and repurchasing shares of common stock.spending amounts on corporate citizenship and social responsibility that are above the industry average, boosting the company's dividend payout ratio to more than 100%, and paying off all long-term debt within 2 years.increasing the company's dividends each year (by at least $0.10 and preferably $0.25 or more for the increase to have much impact on the stock price), keeping the company's credit rating at A (or above), spending sufficient money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility to earn an Award for Exemplary Corporate Citizenship, and issuing a sufficient number of shares of common stock to pay off all long-term debt within 1-2 years.charging a price for branded footwear that is below the industry average in all geographic regions, spending amounts on corporate citizenship and social responsibility that are below the industry average, keeping the company's image rating above 70, paying a dividend each year that equals projected EPS, and repurchasing shares of common stock.paying off all long-term debt as rapidly as possible, keeping the company's dividend payout ratio between 25% and 50%, spending additional money on corporate citizenship and social responsibility, and maintaining a credit rating that is no less than B+.