Bibliographical review of shareholders activism, Hedge Funds style

Abstract

In this essay we are going to perform a bibliographic review of studies and information of different means of economic reporting on the phenomenon of shareholder activism, which is used as the organ of Government in some companies and exercise of pressure against the mismanagement that administrators perform. The perspective to be taken into accout in the whole essay will be activism with Hedge Funds‟ active tendency, who are the main renderer of this movement for change in companies. To optimally understand this particular type of shareholder activism first the main activism aspects will be developed separately and, on the other hand, the characteristics that represent to the Hedge Funds, so that the understanding of both concepts together will be enhanced and the analysis of the motivators, tools, and processes of the activist action will have greater meaning.