Dear chairman : boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism / Jeff Gramm.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Business, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 291 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062369833 (hardcover)
  • 0062369830 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 2744 .G73 2015
Contents:
Benjamin Graham versus Northern Pipeline: the birth of modern shareholder activism -- Robert Young versus New York Central: The proxyteers storm the Vanderbilt line -- Warren Buffett and American Express: the great salad oil swindle -- Carl Icahn versus Phillips Petroleum: the rise and fall of the corporate raiders -- Ross Perot versus General Motors: the unmaking of the modern corporation -- Karla Scherer versus R.P. Scherer: a kingdom in a capsule -- Daniel Loeb and hedge fund activism: the shame game -- BKF Capital: the corrosion of conformity.
Summary: A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism{u2019}s longest running tensions{u2014}the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders{u2014}told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index.

Benjamin Graham versus Northern Pipeline: the birth of modern shareholder activism -- Robert Young versus New York Central: The proxyteers storm the Vanderbilt line -- Warren Buffett and American Express: the great salad oil swindle -- Carl Icahn versus Phillips Petroleum: the rise and fall of the corporate raiders -- Ross Perot versus General Motors: the unmaking of the modern corporation -- Karla Scherer versus R.P. Scherer: a kingdom in a capsule -- Daniel Loeb and hedge fund activism: the shame game -- BKF Capital: the corrosion of conformity.

A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism{u2019}s longest running tensions{u2014}the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders{u2014}told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists.

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