Gramm, Jeff, <br/><br/>
Dear chairman :  boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism / 
Jeff Gramm. 
 - First edition. 
 - xxi, 291 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalisms longest running tensionsthe conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholderstold through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062369833 (hardcover) 0062369830 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015038177 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corporations--Investor relations--History.--United States<br/>Stockholders--History.--United States<br/>Corporate governance--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 2744  / .G73 2015