An edition of Dear chairman (2015)

Dear chairman

boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism

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An edition of Dear chairman (2015)

Dear chairman

boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism

First edition.
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A 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.

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Publisher
Harper Business
Language
English
Pages
291

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Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism
Feb 23, 2016, HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio, Harpercollins
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Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism
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Table of Contents

Benjamin Graham versus Northern Pipeline: the birth of modern shareholder activism
Robert Young versus New York Central: The proxyteers storm the Vanderbilt line
Warren Buffett and American Express: the great salad oil swindle
Carl Icahn versus Phillips Petroleum: the rise and fall of the corporate raiders
Ross Perot versus General Motors: the unmaking of the modern corporation
Karla Scherer versus R.P. Scherer: a kingdom in a capsule
Daniel Loeb and hedge fund activism: the shame game
BKF Capital: the corrosion of conformity.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
659.2/850973
Library of Congress
HD2744 .G73 2015, HD2744 .G73 2016, HD2744.G73 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 291 pages
Number of pages
291

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27202681M
Internet Archive
dearchairmanboar0000gram
ISBN 13
9780062369833
LCCN
2015038177
OCLC/WorldCat
910773040

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