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Gramm, Jeff, author.
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Corporations -- Investor relations -- United States -- History.
Stockholders -- United States -- History.
Corporate governance -- United States -- History.
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Dear chairman : boardroom battles and the rise of shareholder activism / Jeff Gramm.
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Gramm, Jeff, author.
New York, NY : Harper Business, c2015.
Subjects
Corporations -- Investor relations -- United States -- History.
Stockholders -- United States -- History.
Corporate governance -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9780062369833 (hardcover)
0062369830 (hardcover)
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xxi, 291 pages ; 24 cm
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First edition.
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.
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A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism's longest running tensions--the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders--told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists.
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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
659.28509 Gr
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