Control of Corporate Decisions : Shareholders vs . Management by Milton Harris and
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Control of Corporate Decisions: Shareholders vs. Management
Activist shareholders have lately been attempting to assert themselves in a struggle with management and regulators over control of corporate decisions. These efforts have met with mixed success. Meanwhile, shareholders have been pressing for changes in the rules governing access to the corporate proxy process, especially in regard to nominating directors. The key issue which these events have ...
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