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not aligned with shareholders. Limiting shareholder power may mitigate “special interest” activism but can also exacerbate …
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The prerogative of boards of directors to nominate the members of the board for election by the shareholders is now …. This challenge to a board prerogative is called proxy access by shareholders to the director nomination process.As a result … of amendments to the existing regulations in the United States, there has been a flood of proposals from shareholders to …
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duty. On this view, directors must consider the effect of their actions on “stakeholders” other than shareholders and be …
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required to present their remuneration report to a non-binding vote by shareholders. This vote popularly known as ‘say on pay …' acts as an advisory vote meant to signal to the board the shareholders' approval or disapproval of the remuneration report … been made at the AGM for a binding vote by shareholders on the remuneration reports presented by the board, the difference …
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A key objective of shareholder activists is to persuade a firm’s management to change its strategy. CFOs play an important role in negotiations, nonetheless activism research mainly focuses on CEOs. We examine the relationship between CFO overconfidence and the likelihood to get targeted by...
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We examine whether corporate directors learn from environmental engagements by studying the success and implementation of environmental shareholder proposals. We deem a proposal successful when the proposal sponsor withdrew it after negotiating with the target firm. Our results indicate that...
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