Extreme value hedging : how activist hedge fund managers are taking on the world / Ronald D. Orol.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-359) and index.

Pt. 1. From Raiders to Activists and Everything in Between -- Ch. 1. Growth of Activism and Why Corporate Raiders Aren't Around Anymore -- Ch. 2. Nuts and Bolts: How Activists Became Who They Are Today -- Ch. 3. The Pack: How Activists Are Working Together (But Not Officially) -- Ch. 4. How Activists Use Litigation to Pursue Their Agenda -- Ch. 5. Why Activists Target Certain Corporations and Leave Others Alone -- Ch. 6. Overperked and Overpaid: The Impact of Activists on Executive Compensation -- Ch. 7. Hedge Specialization: Good or Bad? -- Ch. 8. Regulation and Activists: How the Securities and Exchange Commission Helps (or Hurts) Activists -- Pt. 2. Institutional Investors and Activists -- Ch. 9. Institutional Investors on Activist Hedge Funds: Love'em or Hate'em? -- Ch. 10. Activists Taking on Large Corporations Must Have Institutional Support -- Ch. 11. Institutions and Activist Hedge Funds: Breaking Up Deals Together Around the World -- Ch. 12. Just Vote No and No and No Again -- Ch. 13. Institutions Changing Corporate Bylaws so Activist Hedge Funds Can Get Down to Business -- Ch. 14. Can't Be Them? Then Fund Them -- Ch. 15. Institutions Behaving Like Activist Hedge Fund Managers -- Pt. 3. Activism 2.0 -- Ch. 16. Technology, Communications, and Activists: Gary Lutin, Eric Jackson, and Anne Faulk -- Ch. 17. When Is an Activist Fund Really a Private Equity Fund, and What's the Difference? -- Ch. 18. Funds of Hedge Funds Stake Out Activists -- Ch. 19. Distressed Investing: How Activist Managers Buy Debt and Provoke Companies -- Ch. 20. Hedge Activists in Western Europe, Asia, and Canada -- Ch. 21. East Meets West: Hedge Activism Goes Global to Emerging Markets -- Ch. 22. Value Investing versus Activism: Which One Is Better? -- Conclusion: Saturation or No Saturation?