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Dear chairman : boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism / Jeff Gramm.
Lippincott Library HD2744 .G73 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gramm, Jeff, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corporations--Investor relations--United States--History.
- Corporations.
- Stockholders--United States--History.
- Stockholders.
- Corporate governance--United States--History.
- Corporate governance.
- History.
- Corporations--Investor relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 291 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper Business, [2015]
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062369833
- 0062369830
- OCLC:
- 910773040
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