External monitoring and returns to hedge fund activist campaigns
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DOI: 10.1002/rfe.1071
Abstract: Firms targeted by hedge fund activists experience significantly higher returns when there are fewer external monitors in place at the target firm. Using analyst coverage and institutional ownership as measures of external monitoring presence, we… read more here.
Keywords: hedge fund; monitoring returns; activist; external monitoring ... See more keywords
Dancing with activists
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.01.001
Abstract: Abstract An important milestone often reached in the life of an activist engagement is entering into a “settlement” agreement between the activist and the target's board. Using a comprehensive hand-collected data set, we analyze the… read more here.
Keywords: activist; board; dancing activists;
Bolstering queer desires, reaching activist goals: practicing queer activist documentary filmmaking in Mainland China
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DOI: 10.1080/17503280.2017.1335564
Abstract: ABSTRACT By the middle of the 2000s, a new wave of documentary works on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) topics started to appear in China. In contrast with the previous body of LGBTQ documentaries,… read more here.
Keywords: documentary filmmaking; queer; activist; china ... See more keywords
Fights on the Right: Social Citizenship, Ethnicity, and Postwar Cohorts of the Japanese Activist Right
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DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyy015
Abstract: In the late 2000s, a new wave of xenophobic activism known as the ‘Action Conservative Movement’ (ACM) began to engage in prominent actions against ethnic minorities. Its aggressive use of hate speech confirmed fears of… read more here.
Keywords: fights right; ethnicity; social citizenship; right social ... See more keywords
Becoming an Africana Activist Scholar: David C. Turner, III and Black Graduate Student Activism as Professional Development, A Case Study
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DOI: 10.1177/00219347221077275
Abstract: This article examines the lived experiences of Black graduate student activist David C. Turner, III. It explores his intellectual and academic development in his masters program at the University of Pennsylvania and doctoral program at… read more here.
Keywords: black graduate; turner; activism; activist ... See more keywords
Persistent Activist Communication in Occupy Gezi
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DOI: 10.1177/0038038517695061
Abstract: We revisit the notion of activist persistence against the backdrop of protest communication on Twitter. We take an event-based approach and examine Occupy Gezi, a series of protests that occurred in Turkey in the early… read more here.
Keywords: communication; persistent activist; communication occupy; occupy gezi ... See more keywords
The Activist Lab and the MOULA Program
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DOI: 10.1177/1524839920929671
Abstract: The Activist Lab at the University of South Florida College of Public Health is an exciting initiative that serves to build interdisciplinary advocacy and leadership skills for public health students and the community. The Lab… read more here.
Keywords: advocacy; activist; activist lab; moula program ... See more keywords