Shareholder Activism

Benefits and Drawbacks

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Comparative, Business
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Author: Marion Hartmann ISBN: 9783653996128
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: February 27, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Language: English
Author: Marion Hartmann
ISBN: 9783653996128
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: February 27, 2014
Imprint: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Language: English

This book analyses and compares the benefits and drawbacks of shareholder activism in corporations under US American and German law, applying means of new institutional economics. The analysis concentrates on three fields of action of active shareholders in targeted corporations: nominations and elections, transaction decisions and financial decisions. The author evaluates and compares the effectiveness of the means which active shareholders use and of the limitations they face. She concludes that shareholder activism has benefits and drawbacks. Both require legal actions under the two jurisdictions, such as stronger nomination and election rights under US American law and more effective disclosure obligations under German law.

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This book analyses and compares the benefits and drawbacks of shareholder activism in corporations under US American and German law, applying means of new institutional economics. The analysis concentrates on three fields of action of active shareholders in targeted corporations: nominations and elections, transaction decisions and financial decisions. The author evaluates and compares the effectiveness of the means which active shareholders use and of the limitations they face. She concludes that shareholder activism has benefits and drawbacks. Both require legal actions under the two jurisdictions, such as stronger nomination and election rights under US American law and more effective disclosure obligations under German law.

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