1st Edition

The Changing Face of Corporate Ownership Do Institutional Owners Affect Firm Performance

By Michael J. Rubach Copyright 1999
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the shareholder activism of institutional investors, and the effect of this activism on portfolio performance. By focusing on 118 institutional investors headquartered in the United States, the book is unique in addressing the shareholder activism of a large sample. Institutional shareholder activism is defined to include both traditional mechanisms of influence (i.e. filing... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Institutional Ownership and Corporate Governance; Chapter 3 Heterogeneity of Institutional Owners; Chapter 4 Institutional Shareholder Activism; Chapter 5 Research Questions and Hypotheses; Chapter 6 Research Design and Methodology; Chapter 7 Results and Analysis; Chapter 8 Implications for Institutions, Corporations, Regulators and Future Research; Appendix A QUESTIONNAIRE; Appendix B LIST OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS FOR FIRST SURVEY; Appendix C LIST OF INSTITUTIONAL OWNER FOR SECOND SURVEY; Appendix D LIST OF LAEGE PUBLIC PENSION PLANS; Selected Bibliography; Index;

Biography

Michael J. Rubach