The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review
Author: Francis J. Aquila
Publisher:
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781804491010
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Author: Francis J. Aquila
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Published: 2022
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781804491010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeffrey Neil Gordon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 1217
ISBN-13: 0198743688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCorporate law and governance are at the forefront of regulatory activities worldwide, and subject to increasing public attention in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Comprehensively referencing the key debates, the Handbook provides a much-needed framework for understanding the aims and methods of legal research in the field.
Author: Jeff Gramm
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-02-23
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0062369849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists. Recent disputes between shareholders and major corporations, including Apple and DuPont, have made headlines. But the struggle between management and those who own stock has been going on for nearly a century. Mixing never-before-published and rare, original letters from Wall Street icons—including Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Ross Perot, Carl Icahn, and Daniel Loeb—with masterful scholarship and professional insight, Dear Chairman traces the rise in shareholder activism from the 1920s to today, and provides an invaluable and unprecedented perspective on what it means to be a public company, including how they work and who is really in control. Jeff Gramm analyzes different eras and pivotal boardroom battles from the last century to understand the factors that have caused shareholders and management to collide. Throughout, he uses the letters to show how investors interact with directors and managers, how they think about their target companies, and how they plan to profit. Each is a fascinating example of capitalism at work told through the voices of its most colorful, influential participants. A hedge fund manager and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, Gramm has spent as much time evaluating CEOs and directors as he has trying to understand and value businesses. He has seen public companies that are poorly run, and some that willfully disenfranchise their shareholders. While he pays tribute to the ingenuity of public company investors, Gramm also exposes examples of shareholder activism at its very worst, when hedge funds engineer stealthy land-grabs at the expense of a company’s long term prospects. Ultimately, he provides a thorough, much-needed understanding of the public company/shareholder relationship for investors, managers, and everyone concerned with the future of capitalism.
Author: Alon Brav
Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 1601983387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHedge Fund Activism begins with a brief outline of the research literature and describes datasets on hedge fund activism.
Author: Maria Goranova
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-12-27
Total Pages: 519
ISBN-13: 1137373938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume, leading management experts offer critical insights into the promises and illusions of shareholder empowerment, the discrepancies between theory and practice, and the challenges posed by variations in global corporate governance regimes.
Author: Lisa M. Fairfax
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781594609190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a succinct, practical guide for understanding what some have referred to as shareholder democracy--efforts to facilitate and increase shareholder voting power within the corporation. In the past few years there has been a surge in shareholder activism that has had a profound impact on the corporation. Shareholders and other activists have sought to increase shareholders' voting power within the corporation based largely on the belief that increasing shareholder power will increase director and officer accountability, thereby helping to curb corporate misconduct and improve corporate performance. However, there is intense debate regarding whether increased shareholder power can achieve such objectives and whether increased shareholder power will negatively impact the corporation. This book is the first to provide a concise, but comprehensive look at the various ways in which shareholders have sought to enhance their voting power and influence within the corporation. In addition to examining shareholder activism, this book highlights and analyzes the debate regarding the propriety of increased shareholder power. This book also analyzes the impact of recent developments aimed at facilitating shareholder power such as majority voting, say on pay, and proxy access. This book will serve as a useful tool not only for those who desire a straight-forward analysis of shareholder rights and activism, but also for those seeking a reference guide on an issue of growing importance to corporate law and corporate governance.
Author: Douglas Cumming
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 577
ISBN-13: 0198840950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook provides a comprehensive look at the hedge fund industry from a global perspective.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2011-07-01
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9264116052
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report reflects long-term, in-depth discussion and debate by participants in the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance.
Author: Andrew Behar
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2016-11-14
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1626568464
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A valuable call to action for small shareholders to change the ways big corporations do business.” —Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor Want to make misbehaving corporations mend their ways? You can! If you own their stock, corporations have to listen to you. Shareholder advocate Andrew Behar explains how to exercise your proxy voting rights to weigh in on corporate policies—you only need a single share of stock to do it. If you've got just $2,000 in stock, Behar shows how you can go further and file a resolution to directly address the board of directors. And even if your investments are in a workplace-sponsored 401(k) or a mutual fund, you can work with your fund manager to purge corporations from your portfolio that don't align with your values. Illustrated with inspiring stories of individuals who have gone up against corporate Goliaths and won, this book informs, inspires, and instructs investors how to unleash their power to change the world.
Author: Stephen M. Bainbridge
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2012-02-16
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0199772428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe years from 2000 to 2010 were bookended by two major economic crises. The bursting of the dotcom bubble and the extended bear market of 2000 to 2002 prompted Congress to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was directed at core aspects of corporate governance. At the end of the decade came the bursting of the housing bubble, followed by a severe credit crunch, and the worst economic downturn in decades. In response, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act, which changed vast swathes of financial regulation. Among these changes were a number of significant corporate governance reforms. Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis asks two questions about these changes. First, are they a good idea that will improve corporate governance? Second, what do they tell us about the relative merits of the federal government and the states as sources of corporate governance regulation? Traditionally, corporate law was the province of the states. Today, however, the federal government is increasingly engaged in corporate governance regulation. The changes examined in this work provide a series of case studies in which to explore the question of whether federalization will lead to better outcomes. The author analyzes these changes in the context of corporate governance, executive compensation, corporate fraud and disclosure, shareholder activism, corporate democracy, and declining US capital market competitiveness.