A Little Birdie Said: How Twitter Is Disrupting Shareholder Activism
Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, Vol. 20, No. 695, 2015
FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 725
FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper No. 15-4
18 Pages Posted: 2 Jan 2015 Last revised: 7 Mar 2016
Date Written: January 27, 2015
Abstract
Shareholders are organizing and mobilizing on new social media platforms like Twitter. This changes the dynamics of shareholder proxy contests in ways that favor shareholders over management. Disruptive technology may bring about a shareholder revolution, which may not be in shareholders’ best interests, at least from the perspective of shareholder wealth maximization, and it also has powerful implications for the future of corporate social responsibility.
Keywords: twitter, facebook, shareholder activism, social media, shareholder spring
JEL Classification: K00, K2, K20
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