Rhenish capitalism meets activist hedge funds: Blockholders and the impact of impatient capital

Competition and Change

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 336-352

  Fichtner, Jan ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Germany; Hedge funds; Shareholder value; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937001218     PISSN: 10245294     EISSN: 14772221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024529415586324     Document Type: Article

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