Investor Capitalism
Basic Books · Hardcover · February 5, 1999
A behind-the-scenes look at today's kingmakers: institutional investors.
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- Who it’s for
- Institutional investors emerge from behind the scenes as powerful forces in corporate management.
- Genres
- Corporate Governance, Stocks, Private Equity
- Published
- Basic Books, February 5, 1999
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A behind-the-scenes look at today's kingmakers: institutional investors. Out of the public eye, a small group of professionals--investment experts who handle other people's monies--are exerting ever-greater control over corporate managers, firing CEOs and pushing through 'restructurings' that cost thousands of jobs.
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Michael Useem's "Investor Capitalism" portrays the quiet, veiled nature of this dance of elephants, and portrays the enormous implications of its results. --John Rekenthaler, Publisher, Morningstar, Inc.
Institutional Investors
Institutional investors emerge from behind the scenes as powerful forces in corporate management.
Come here for
- How investment professionals influence corporate managers
- The corporate consequences of CEO firings and restructurings
Expect
- A look at the quiet, veiled nature of investor influence
- The implications of investor decisions
Where it sits
| Corporate Governance | 83% |
|---|---|
| Stocks | 30% |
| Private Equity | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Business & Economics
- Authors
- Michael Useem
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- February 5, 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Business & Economics