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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Activist investors have sent shockwaves through corporations in recent years, personally targeting directors and executives at some of the world's largest companies. No longer satisfied with operating on the fringes of business, they are now a firm fixture in the boardroom. Up to a quarter of public companies could be targeted by activist campaigns in the coming years, with directors and executives at those corporations threatened with losing their jobs. The trend, which began in corporate America, has spread to the UK, Europe and Asia, taking in several high profile companies. Barbarians. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1 : Introduction. Who are activist investors? -- What activists want and how they get it -- Part 2 : The battles. Boardroom coup at Darden Restaurants -- The many sieges of Yahoo -- Allergan and the unorthodox alliance -- DuPont's pyrrhic victory -- Part 3 : The settlements. Microsoft's pivotal truce -- Hewlett-Packard's beleaguered board -- Walgreen's and the Boots Trojan horse -- Alliance Trust's eleventh-hour ceasefire -- Part 4 : Conclusion. March of the activists -- Burden of expectation -- Postscript : What happened next? |
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Corporate governance.
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Capitalists and financiers.
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Political activists.
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Gouvernement d'entreprise. |
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Activistes. |
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activists. |
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Capitalists and financiers |
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Corporate governance |
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Political activists |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Walker, Owen. Barbarians in the boardroom. Harlow, England : Pearson, 2016 9781292113982 1292113987 (DLC) 2016285196 (OCoLC)952161978 |
| ISBN |
9781292114019 |
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1292114010 |
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1292113987 (pbk.) |
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9781292113982 (pbk.) |
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9781292114002 (electronic bk.) |
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1292114002 (electronic bk.) |
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