TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gramm,Jeff
TI  - Dear chairman: boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism 
SN  - 9780062369833 (hardcover)
AV  - HD 2744 .G73 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper Business
KW  - Corporations
KW  - Investor relations
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Stockholders
KW  - Corporate governance
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -