Hedge Fund Activism (Live Session)
1,444 views · Published 5 September 2014 · 59:31 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business · 2014 · Education
See our August Fuqua Faculty Conversation with Alon Brav, Robert L. Dickens Professor of Business Administration, as he presents “Hedge Fund Activism.” You will learn about: - the emergence of hedge funds as key institutional shareholder activists - strategies that hedge fund activists employ and the types of firms they target - whether hedge fund activism enhances or destroys shareholder value both in the short and long term - changes in target firm profitability and impact on other firm policies subsequent to engagement with hedge fund activists
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