The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Hostile takeovers. The researchers framed their analysis through the lens of hostile takeovers, which they reasoned cause considerable stress in the boardroom. “The health implications of stress are a very under-studied dimension for many jobs,” the researchers explain. “We

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Stress Hostile Takeover Leadership Crisis 135

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2018

I spent almost 30 years as a lawyer in private practice, advising business leaders on Delaware corporate law issues – addressing matters like preferred stock financings, IPOs, mergers, hostile takeovers, proxy contests, corporate governance and fiduciary issues.

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Hostile Takeover IPO Short-term Books 191

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 4, 2022

A number of states enacted laws to prohibit hostile takeovers of firms, with this appearing to significantly reduce the stress experienced by CEOs. The authors note that before the recession, there appeared to be a much smaller gap between distressed and non-distressed CEOs, with the gap staying fairly stable.

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Stress CEO Hostile Takeover Incentives 94

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Power transfers can be fraught. But there is a path forward.

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Hostile Takeover Power Article Leadership 14

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2016

That’s my concern that financial-only focus without regard to other corporate dynamics bespeaks of hostile takeovers, ill-advised rollups and corporate raider activity in search of acquiring existing books of business.

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Management Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2015

That’s my concern that financial-only focus without regard to other corporate dynamics bespeaks of hostile takeovers, ill-advised rollups and corporate raider activity in search of acquiring existing books of business.

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Hostile Takeover Management by Objectives Objective Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This was quickly followed by the era of hostile takeovers in the 1980s. The junk bond market made financing large takeovers possible and even the biggest among the Fortune 500 firms were no longer safe from a forced acquisition. In the past, such takeovers had largely been restricted to the world of smaller firms.

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Golden Parachute Hostile Takeover Execution Airlines 8