Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: From Raiders to Activists and Everything in Between

Chapter 1: Growth of Activism and Why Corporate Raiders Aren't Around Anymore

Chapter 2: Nuts and Bolts: How Activists Became Who They Are Today

Chapter 3: The Pack: How Activists Are Working Together (But Not Offi cially)

Chapter 4: How Activists Use Litigation to Pursue Their Agenda

Chapter 5: Why Activists Target Certain Corporations and Leave Others Alone

Chapter 6: Overperked and Overpaid: The Impact of Activists on Executive Compensation

Chapter 7: Hedge Specialization: Good or Bad?

Chapter 8: Regulation and Activists: How the Securities and Exchange Commission Helps (or Hurts) Activists

Part Two: Institutional Investors and Activists

Chapter 9: Institutional Investors on Activist Hedge Funds: Love'em or Hate'em?

Chapter 10: Activists Taking on Large Corporations Must Have Institutional Support

Chapter 11: Institutions and Activist Hedge Funds: Breaking Up Deals Together Around the World

Chapter 12: Just Vote No and No and No Again

Chapter 13: Institutions Changing Corporate Bylaws so Activist Hedge Funds Can Get Down to Business

Chapter 14: Can't Be Them? Then Fund Them

Chapter 15: Institutions Behaving Like Activist Hedge Fund Managers

Part Three: Activism 2.0

Chapter 16: Technology, Communications, and Activists: Gary Lutin, Eric Jackson, and Anne Faulk

Chapter 17: When Is an Activist Fund Really a Private Equity Fund, and What's the Difference?

Chapter 18: Funds ...

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