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Activist Shareholders in Corporate Governance: The Australian Experience and its Comparative Implications

Activist Shareholders in Corporate Governance: The Australian Experience and its Comparative Implications

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Series: Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law

Business GeneralGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1509952268
ISBN13: 9781509952267
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jul 25 2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book explores the regulatory challenges of public company shareholder activism.

Around the world, policy makers, practitioners and academics debate how best to regulate shareholder activism. Using Australia as a case study, the book examines key issues raised by this debate. With a market structure and legal settings that are conducive to activism, Australia makes an ideal case study and provides a fresh comparative perspective on the regulatory debate about shareholder activism, which tends to be dominated by US-focused analysis and commentary.

The book presents empirical evidence which reveals that Australian activism is a significant and multifaceted phenomenon, undertaken by different types of activists pursuing varying strategies and supported by a range of complementary market developments. The book uses this evidence to develop comparative insights and explore internationally topical issues, including:

- activists' willingness to use interventionist governance rights;

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