... governance and shareholder activism offer fertile grounds for research advances in Coordinated Market Economies (CMEs). Design/methodology/approach Through an extensive literature review of state ownership, institutional contradictions and shareholder activism, this paper analyzes two case studies...

...Paula Guimaraes; Ricardo P.C. Leal; Peter Wanke; Matthew Morey Purpose This paper aims to investigate the long-term impact of shareholder activism on Brazilian listed companies. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a sample of 194 companies in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and a two-stage data...

... for the running of the company’s business. No one individual should have unfettered powers of decision” (Financial Reporting Council, 2008 , A2, p. 12). Corporate governance, and in particular shareholder activity, has become ever more dominant in the press with growing interest in the shareholder vote...

...Chinyere Uche; Emmanuel Adegbite; Michael John Jones Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate institutional shareholder activism in Nigeria. It addresses the paucity of empirical research on institutional shareholder activism in sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach...

...Salar Ghahramani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the propensity of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) for shareholder activism and their potential impact on corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach The study highlights the relationships between SWFs...