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The new hedge fund activism: activist directors and the market for corporate quasi-control
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Activist hedge funds increasingly seek and secure board representation in public companies. Representation on target boards may signal a longer-term commitment to target companies that can mitigate some of the typical criticisms of traditional hedge fund activism, such as short-termism. Hedge funds may hold shares for longer periods when they obtain board seats and often become heavily involved in corporate strategy and operations. This article argues that the phenomenon of activist board rep...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 720.9KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/14735970.2018.1463672
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- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Journal:
- Journal of Corporate Law Studies More from this journal
- Volume:
- 19
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1-41
- Place of publication:
- United Kingdom
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-04-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1757-8426
- ISSN:
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1473-5970
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1544836
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pubs:1544836
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2023-10-15
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- Informa UK Limited
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Routledge at https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2018.1463672
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