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Shareholder activism targets M&As
Author(s) -
Burnett Royce D.,
Xu Li,
Morris Marc,
Rodriguez Ramon P.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.21732
Subject(s) - shareholder , business , face (sociological concept) , plan (archaeology) , accounting , corporate governance , finance , sociology , biology , paleontology , social science
Shareholders aren't passive observers anymore—and increasingly they have been rallying to defeat corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As) that they don't like. So what strategies can management use to plan and govern in the face of today's growing shareholder activism? © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.