Dear Chairman

书名：Dear ChairmanBoardroomBattlesandtheRiseofShareholderActivism
作者：JeffGramm
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ISBN：9780062369833
出版社：HarperBusiness
出版时间：2016-2-23
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：320
豆瓣评分： 9.4

书籍简介：

A sharp and illuminating history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions—the conflicts of interest among public company directors, managers, and shareholders—told through entertaining case studies and original letters from some of our most legendary and controversial investors and activists. Recent disputes between shareholders and major corporations, including Apple and DuPont, have made headlines. But the struggle between management and those who own stock has been going on for nearly a century. Mixing never-before-published and rare, original letters from Wall Street icons—including Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Ross Perot, Carl Icahn, and Daniel Loeb—with masterful scholarship and professional insight, Dear Chairman traces the rise in shareholder activism from the 1920s to today, and provides an invaluable and unprecedented perspective on what it means to be a public company, including how they work and who is really in control. Jeff Gramm analyzes different eras and pivotal boardroom battles from the last century to understand the factors that have caused shareholders and management to collide. Throughout, he uses the letters to show how investors interact with directors and managers, how they think about their target companies, and how they plan to profit. Each is a fascinating example of capitalism at work told through the voices of its most colorful, influential participants. A hedge fund manager and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, Gramm has spent as much time evaluating CEOs and directors as he has trying to understand and value businesses. He has seen public companies that are poorly run, and some that willfully disenfranchise their shareholders. While he pays tribute to the ingenuity of public company investors, Gramm also exposes examples of shareholder activism at its very worst, when hedge funds engineer stealthy land-grabs at the expense of a company’s long term prospects. Ultimately, he provides a thorough, much-needed understanding of the public company/shareholder relationship for investors, managers, and everyone concerned with the future of capitalism.

作者简介：

Mr. Jefferson Philip Gramm, also known as Jeff, has been a Managing Director, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager at Bandera Partners LLC since August 2006. From October 2004 to July 2006, Mr. Gramm served as the Managing Director at Arklow Capital, LLC. He was employed at Mellon HBV from June 2002 to September 2004, serving as a Senior Research Analyst. Mr. Gramm has been an Independent Director of Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. since February 11, 2014. He served as a Director of Ambassadors Group Inc. since May 7, 2014 until October 20, 2015. Mr. Gramm served as a Director of Morgan's Foods Inc. from April 12, 2013 to May 27, 2014. He served as a Director of Peerless Systems Corp. from June 2009 to November 11, 2010. Mr. Gramm received an M.B.A. from the Columbia University in 2003 and a B.A. in Philosophy from University of Chicago in 1996.

书友短评：

@ Mr. L 作者一方面很会讲故事，另一方面讲故事过程中又把几乎所有重要内容的出处都援引了，让读者有据可查，值得学习。美国资本市场的成熟过程非常曲折，企业作为一种特殊的组织形式，实质上是管理层，董事会，和股东们的三国演义。当管理层能干，董事会问责，股东们有主人翁精神时，企业发展最佳。但企业作为一种经典的组织形式有两个问题，第一个是所有权和控制权的分离，一般控制权在管理层手上，而所有权在股东们手上，作为中介的董事会又很多时候由CEO钦点产生，因此存在经典的信息不对称和代理人问题；其次是唐斯提出的民主的经济理论，即单一股东需要调研企业太多，精力有限，投票作用又微乎其微，导致的付出和收获的不对等所引出的股东对处置不力管理层的无能为力。低效的企业由是产生。积极投资者实际上是通过集中资本弥补了股东股权分散的问题。 @ 娃娃手 除去信原件本身，这本书还挺短的。作者通过几个典型的例子讲述了不同时期、不同类型投资人shareholder activism的过程。很显然，Corporate Governance是企业成功的重要决定因素。好的Corporate Governance必须处理好股东、董事会、公司实际经理人（CEO）之间的关系。尤其是董事会，在这之间起到协调的作用。股东和公司之间往往存在意见分歧（agency problems)，Activists要是抓住了股东的心理，就可以通过proxy fight或者take over的形式直接影响公司决策。作者在每章结束时都对一些关键问题进行了讨论，仔细读还是收获颇丰的。 @ 佑扯 除去信原件本身，这本书还挺短的。作者通过几个典型的例子讲述了不同时期、不同类型投资人shareholder activism的过程。很显然，Corporate Governance是企业成功的重要决定因素。好的Corporate Governance必须处理好股东、董事会、公司实际经理人（CEO）之间的关系。尤其是董事会，在这之间起到协调的作用。股东和公司之间往往存在意见分歧（agency problems)，Activists要是抓住了股东的心理，就可以通过proxy fight或者take over的形式直接影响公司决策。作者在每章结束时都对一些关键问题进行了讨论，仔细读还是收获颇丰的。

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