Activism

The growing influence of activists in today’s corporate landscape has prompted financial economists to investigate the drivers of shareho

Companies have a large impact on our society and play a large role in achieving sustainable goals.

Blockchain is currently still largely focused on speculation with virtual currencies like bitcoins.

Hedge fund activism is essentially a search by funds for investment returns by putting pressure on target firms to change their&nbsp

Hostile takeovers have long been considered the quintessential disciplinary governance mechanism, but a similarly confrontational strateg

Few doubt that hedge fund activism has radically changed corporate governance in the United States -- for better or for worse.

Hedge funds have become active in corporate governance. They push for changes in strategy and the adoption of specific business plans.

We study investor activism promoting environmental, social and governance (ESG) improvements by means of a proprietary dataset covering 6