Category: Activism

Global access to the web allows individuals or small groups with unconventional viewpoints to reach huge audiences. Many such individuals and groups have created websites to put out their messages and promote their causes. The Other Voices Directory of Dissent can serve as a guide to these minority views.

Hostile bids comprise an increasingly significant portion of M&A volume and boards of directors must be prepared to defend against them. In 2006, more than 10 percent of global M&A activitywas hostile. Commentators expect that number to rise due to increased shareholder activism and market dynamics, which have ushered in a new era of aggressive hedge fund acquirers that control vast pools of capital.