Activist Director

Dealing with Activist Directors on the Board

Companies often distinguish between an activist insider director and an activist outsider director, and take extra care to welcome the latter as true ...

The Activist Director | Columbia University Press

The Activist Director. Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation. Ira M. Millstein. Columbia Business School Publishing. Main; Reviews ...

"Activist Directors and Agency Costs: What Happens When an ...

We develop and apply a new and more rigorous methodology by which to measure and understand both informed trading and the agency costs of hedge fund ...

Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences

Using a sample of 3,259 activism events from 2004 to 2016, we identify 1,623 activist directors. Compared to other newly appointed directors, these activist ...

The director's guide to shareholder activism - PwC

Directors can help ensure the company anticipates which activists might target the company, and which issues they might raise. By being familiar with activism ...

"Activist Directors and Agency Costs: What Happens When an ...

We develop and apply a new and more rigorous methodology by which to measure and understand both insider trading and the agency costs of hedge fund activism.

The Director's Guide to Shareholder Activism

This post is divided into two principal parts. The introduction analyzes the most important current trends in shareholder activism.

The Activist Director: Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of ...

Driven by a desire for prosperity, not posterity, these actions can doom any company. InThe Activist Director, attorney Ira M. Millstein looks back at fifty ...

Activists in the Boardroom: How to Prepare and Keep the Dialogue ...

For instance, what is the role of the committee chair or lead director in shareholder communications? “Activist directors may have a different perspective on ...

The director's guide to shareholder activism

The nature of shareholder activism, the key players, their preferred methods and their typical targets all tend to shift along with investment and business ...

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Age of Activist Directorships

... activist-nominated directors to boards—that could have consequences for stakeholders. Although appointing an activist director tends to ...

Activist directors: determinants and consequences

Overall our analysis indicates that the presence of an activist director is associated with reduced acquisition activity and increased ...

Activist Directors and Information Leakage - NYU Law

Under these agreements, incumbent directors often agree to appoint to the board a new director or directors of the activist's choice. In 2016, for example ...

Corporate social responsibility in the age of activist directorships

On the one hand, activist directors could reduce reports of stakeholder harm at the firms whose boards they join. Directors have a fiduciary ...

Should Directors Act Like Activists? - Korn Ferry

We argue that it's far better to challenge yourself as a board and win, rather than being driven to the same point by an activist.

What Directors Must Know to Prepare for Shareholder Activism

The best way to make sure an activist does not engage with your company is to significantly outperform the market and your peers over every ...

Activism Defense and Preparedness: Three ways boards can prepare

Boards of directors face intensifying scrutiny as never before — in particular from activist shareholders. We look at three practices for boards to ...

Activist directors: Determinants and consequences - [email protected]

This paper examines the determinants and consequences of hedge fund activism with a focuson activist directors, i.e., those directors appointed in response ...

The Activist Director: Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of ...

Driven by a desire for prosperity, not posterity, these actions can doom any company. In The Activist Director, attorney Ira M. Millstein looks back at fifty ...

Activist Investors Often Use These Arguments To Oust Board Members

Corporate directors should anticipate that once the performance of their company stock price declines double digits, activist investors start to take ...