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UNINA9910797575003321 |
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Institutional investor activism : hedge funds and private equity, economics and regulation / / edited by William W. Bratton and Joseph A. McCahery |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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0-19-103979-9 |
0-19-103978-0 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (817 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Institutional investments |
Hedge funds |
Private equity |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover""; ""Institutional Investor Activism: Hedge Funds and Private Equity, Economics and Regulation""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Table of Cases""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Part I The Disempowered Shareholder""; ""2. The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States""; ""3. The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise""; ""4. Shareholder Activism through Proxy Proposals: The European Perspective""; ""Part II Hedge Fund Activism"" |
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The role of the hostile activist shareholder has been taken up by a set of hedge funds. Hedge fund activism is characterized by mergers and corporate restructuring, replacement of management and board members, proxy voting, and lobbying of management. These investors target and research companies, take large positions in their stock, criticize their business plans and governance practices, and confront their managers, demanding action enhancing shareholder value. This book analyses the impact of activists on the companies that they invest, the effects on shareholders and on activists funds themselves. Chapters examine such topic as investors' strategic approaches, the financial returns they produce, and the regulatory frameworks within which they |
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operate. The chapters also provide historical context, both of activist investment and institutional shareholder passivity. The volume facilitates a comparison between the US and the EU, juxtaposing not only regulatory patterns but investment styles.-- Back cover. |
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UNINA9910154964603321 |
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Autore |
Arason Neil <1965-> |
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No Accident : Eliminating Injury and Death on Canadian Roads / / Neil Arason |
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Beaconsfield, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2014 |
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9781554589654 |
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9781554589647 |
1554589649 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (362 p.) |
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Traffic safety - Canada |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword / Ralph Nader -- 1 I Know Your Type -- 2 The State of Affairs -- 3 The Ethical City -- 4 The Finished Road -- 5 Regulating One of the World's Most Dangerous Consumer Products -- 6 Vehicles That Protect People from Injuries -- 7 The Vehicle That Would Not Crash -- 8 The Silent War. |
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It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada’s roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority.Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has |
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taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person’s safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of the motor vehicle as a dangerous consumer product, the result is one of the largest human-made means for physically assaulting human beings. It is time for Canadians to embrace internationally recognized ways of thinking and enter an era in which the motor vehicle by-product of human carnage is relegated to history.No Accident examines problems related to road safety and makes recommendations for the way forward. Topics include types of drivers; human-related driving errors related to fatigue, speed, alcohol, and distraction and roads; pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit; road engineering; motor vehicle regulation; auto safety design; and collision-avoidance technologies such as radar and camera-based sensors on vehicles that prevent crashes. This multi-disciplinary study demystifies the world of road safety and provides a road map for the next twenty years. |
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