... is available online, as linked in the text. Editor’s note: Accepted by Shane S. Dikolli, under the Senior Editorship of W. Robert Knechel. 12 09 2021 23 10 2023 02 11 2023 2024 say on pay insider trading executive compensation shareholder voting shareholder activism...

...Thomas Keusch ABSTRACT Using hand-collected data on CEO appointments during shareholder activism campaigns, this study examines the relation between activist involvement in CEO recruiting and frictions in CEO hiring decisions. The results indicate that appointments of CEOs who are recruited...

... shareholder activism shareholder engagement investor relations corporate governance In this paper, we examine whether firms can avoid or mitigate the costly effects of investor activism through the use of a dedicated investor relations (IR) function (i.e., hiring of an internal IR officer/team...