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Which Antitakeover Provisions Matter?Preprint

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What Are the Shareholder Value Implications of Non-Voted Shareholder Proposals?Preprint

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Contrasts in Governance: Newly Public Firms versus Mature FirmsPreprint

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Governance of Corporate Takeovers: Time for Say-on-Takeovers?1

Vithayathil, J., & Choudhary, V. (2018) · MIS Quarterly · doi:10.25300/misq/2018/13575 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Do parachutes discipline managers? An analysis of takeover battles

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How do partial acquisitions affect the wealth of acquiring firms? The case of Japanese firms

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Impact of Shareholder Proposals on the Functioning of the Market for Corporate Control

El‐Khatib, R., Fogel, K., & Jandik, T. (2016) · Financial Review · doi:10.1111/fire.12125 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Classified Boards, the Cost of Debt, and Firm PerformancePreprint

Chen, D. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1729472 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

The dynamics of corporate governance: Changes in contractual relations

Poulsen, A. B. (2008) · Journal of Corporate Finance · doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2008.04.004 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Shareholder Activism in India: A Review and Research Agenda

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Shareholder Democracy as a Misbegotten Metaphor

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How powerful CEOs adopt antitakeover provisions?

Lee, E.-S., Kim, C., & Lee, J. (2021) · Applied Economics Letters · doi:10.1080/13504851.2021.1897510 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Does intensified communication of hedge funds with letters affect abnormal returns?

Oehler, A., & Schmitz, J. T. (2021) · International Review of Economics & Finance · doi:10.1016/j.iref.2021.05.004 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Staggered Boards and Private Benefits of ControlPreprint

Karakaa, O., & Mohseni, M. (2015) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2628954 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

The Wealth Effect of Adopting Anti-Takeover Defences: Evidence from a Meta AnalysisPreprint

Gehlen, T., & Lucey, B. M. (2017) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2911633 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Staggered Boards, Innovation, and Firm Life Cycle

Kakhkharov, J., Milazzo, I., & Osman, D. (2024) · Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies · doi:10.1142/s0219091524500309 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Revisiting the board structure: how staggered board mitigates minority shareholders expropriation

Chen, S.-H., Wang, L.-H., & Jebran, K. (2025) · Asia Pacific Journal of Management · doi:10.1007/s10490-025-10059-9

Climate Policies and Sustainability Performance in Banks: The Role of the Board of Directors

Gaudio, B. L. D., Gallo, S., & Previtali, D. (2026) · Global Business Review · doi:10.1177/09721509261428639 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Classified Boards and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance

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POISON PILLS AND CEOS: THE RÉSUMÉ MATTERS

Sanford, D. M., Ji, Y.-Y., & Oh, W.-Y. (2012) · Corporate Board role duties and composition · doi:10.22495/cbv8i2art3 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Management Entrenchment and Stock Option Backdating

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Financing the Deal: Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and Other Sources of Financing

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Defensive Strategies in Takeovers

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Can Shareholder Activism Improve Gender Diversity on Corporate Boards?Preprint

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The Impact of Classified Boards on Firm Value : The New EvidencePreprint

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The Probability to Abolish Governance Provisions

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The Corporate Governance - Performance Puzzle: New InsightsPreprint

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Who are the activists? Investor characteristics and corporate improvements

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Leverage Decisions in Portfolio ManagementPreprint

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Essays on the Role of Accounting Information and Governance in Emerging Institutions

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Die Wirkung von Hedgefonds Activism auf Aktienrenditen von Unternehmen im S&P 1500

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Why Do Managers Dismantle Staggered Boards?Preprint

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The Trouble with Staggered Boards: A Reply to Georgeson's John WilcoxPreprint

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Activism and the Move Away from Staggered BoardsPreprint

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Staggered Boards and the Wealth of Shareholders: Evidence from Two Natural ExperimentsPreprint

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Declassifying the ClassifiedPreprint

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