To summarize: the price that a stock trades at is very important to a corporation, even if it is not receiving any money directly as a result. In general, the higher the stock price in the secondary markets, the greater the number of financial options that management has, and vice-versa.
http://alephblog.com/2013/07/26/the-stock-price-matters-regardless/
http://www.frbsf.org/education/publications/doctor-econ/2005/october/debt-equity-market
How Big Finance Crushes Innovation and Holds Back Our Economy
There’s a motto on Wall Street: “I.B.G.-Y.B.G.” or “I’ll Be Gone, You’ll Be Gone.” As long as you’re making money right now, what happens tomorrow is not your problem.
http://ineteconomics.org/blog/institute/how-big-finance-crushes-innovation-and-holds-back-our-economy