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02 Apr 2019

Land of the Falling ‘Poison’ Pill: An Analysis of Japan's Defensive Measures

Alan K Koh | Masafumi Nakahigashi | Dan W Puchniak

The advent of the ‘shareholder rights’ plan’, more popularly known as the ‘poison pill’, fundamentally altered the trajectory of American corporate governance. Intended to defend vulnerable boards...

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03 May 2018

Hostile Takeover Regimes in Asia: A Comparative Approach

Umakanth Varottil | Wai Yee Wan

The market for corporate control (operating through hostile takeovers) acts as a key corporate governance mechanism to discipline corporate managers. However, the process and substance of the...

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21 Sep 2016

The Enigma of Hostile Takeovers in Japan Bidder Beware

Dan W Puchniak | Masafumi Nakahigashi

For over two decades, Japan has had all of the essential elements that leading academics and sophisticated investors have assumed to be sufficient for a country to develop an active market for...

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14 Apr 2016

New Book: David Kershaw's "Principles of Takeover Regulation"

David Kershaw

Principles of Takeover Regulation (OUP, 2016) explores the nature and optimality of the regulation of the UK’s market for corporate control through the Takeover Code, which is maintained and enforced...

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