article shows that shareholders are increasingly willing to pursue proposals which enhance the accountability of managers …. Shareholders pursued many different types of proposals over the decade, eight of which are identified in this article as most … shareholders, helping to provide clarity to the role of shareholders in corporate governance. The evidence presented in this …

This paper examines the interplay between takeover defenses and shareholder activism. Using a comprehensive sample of … shareholder activism events between 2006 and 2014, I find a differential impact of takeover defense measures on the likelihood of … in place are more likely to become targets. Activists are more likely to demand removal of takeover defense measures and …

, institutional shareholders are redirecting their investment strategies away from a focus on short-term returns, in such a way as to …

document that firms with characteristics indicating low power to bargain for favorable terms in a takeover, but also indicating … view that antitakeover provisions are universally harmful for shareholders …

We consider the allocation of corporate control in a company with two large and a continuum of small shareholders …. Control is determined in a shareholders' meeting, where the large shareholders submit competing proposals in order to attract … the vote of small shareholders. The presence of multiple shareholders reduces private benefits through competition for …

In this paper Roman Tomasic and Brendan Pentony attempted to determine the real reasons for takeover litigation through … in an attempt to delay and frustrate the raider and to keep the offer away from the shareholders …