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Walker, Owen,

Barbarians in the boardroom : activist investors and the battle for control of the world's most powerful companies / Owen Walker. - 252 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index.

Part 1 : Introduction. Who are activist investors? -- What activists want and how they get it -- Part 2 : The battles. Boardroom coup at Darden Restaurants -- The many sieges of Yahoo -- Allergan and the unorthodox alliance -- DuPont's pyrrhic victory -- Part 3 : The settlements. Microsoft's pivotal truce -- Hewlett-Packard's beleaguered board -- Walgreen's and the Boots Trojan horse -- Alliance Trust's eleventh-hour ceasefire -- Part 4 : Conclusion. March of the activists -- Burden of expectation -- Postscript : What happened next?

ISBN: 9781292113982 1292113987

Source: Pearson P T R, C/O Pearson Education Order Dept 200 Old Tappan rd, Old Tappan, NJ, USA, 07675 SAN 200-2175

LCCN: 2016285196

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB645800 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Corporate governance.
Capitalists and financiers.
Political activists.
Capitalists and financiers.
Corporate governance.
Political activists.
Hedge Fund
Investor
Restrukturierung
Takeover
Unternehmenskauf

LC Class. No.: HD2741 / .W326 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 658.42