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Shareholder Activism Around the Globe: Hedge Funds vs. Other Professional Investors
, 2021Shareholder activism has sharply increased over the past decade and spread both across countries and among different types of investors. Today, 50% of all engagements occur outside North America, with non-hedge fund investors accounting for one-third of ...
Jochen Hartmann +2 more
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Shareholder Activism, Institutional Shareholders and Agency Problems in Malaysia
GATR Global Journal of Business Social Sciences Review, 2016Objective - The aim of this paper is to study the effectiveness of institutional shareholder activism in controlling corporate behaviours in Malaysia. Methodology/Technique - this study is investigated by critical reviewing previously published articles.
Maizatul Akmal Musa +1 more
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Shareholder Activism in Europe: A Rising Trend?
European Company Law, 2023This article discusses the rising trend of shareholder activism in Europe. It summarizes the empirical evidence on different levels of shareholder activism across the world and offers three potential explanations for the higher level of shareholder activism in the US compared to continental Europe. First, the omnipresence of controlling shareholders in
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The Government as Active Shareholder
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009The U.S. government has acquired large shareholdings in companies like AIG, GM and others, essentially becoming "owner of last resort" through its defense of the "too big to fail" doctrine. I argue in this Congressional testimony that the government should adopt a pro-active stance in terms of exercising its voting rights to promote best governance ...
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The corporate response to shareholder activism
ERA Forum, 2014Shareholders activism is no longer a typical American phenomenon. Many European companies have become familiar with shareholder actions too. Shareholders are making use of their rights and act against management deficiencies. It is the duty of the board of directors to guard against these actions of shareholders.
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Does minority shareholder activism enhance corporate innovation? Evidence from China
Finance Research Letters, 2023Zhibin Wang, Zelei Li
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Shareholder Democracy and Shareholder Activism
2019Abstract This chapter examines shareholder-driven corporate governance (SCG) through the twin concepts of shareholder democracy and shareholder activism. Taken together, these concepts are the vehicle through which SCG takes effect in practice.
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Shareholder Activism and CSR Disclosure
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017Our study investigates how shareholder proposal, as an evidence of shareholder activism affects CSR disclosure. Based on the non-legal binding nature of shareholder proposals, our study explores the impact of CSR shareholder proposal activism on the extent of CSR disclosure after controlling for corporate governance mechanisms existent within the firm.
Thu Phuong Truong, Yi Yang, Binh Bui
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Shareholder Activism und Investor Activism
Die Aktiengesellschaft, 2017Aktivistische Aktionare und Investoren haben jungst fur einigen Wirbel gesorgt. Neben der herkommlichen Ausubung von Aktionarsrechten und weiteren flankierenden Masnahmen (“Shareholder Activism“) zeichnet sich ein neuer Trend des Aktivismus in Form reiner Leerverkaufsattacken ab (“Investor Activism“).
Bernd Graßl, Tobias Nikoleyczik
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Shareholder Activism and Institutional Investors [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 Recent years have seen a number of efforts to extend the shareholder franchise, principally so as to empower institutional investors. The logic of these proposals is that institutional investors will behave quite differently than dispersed individual investors.
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