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The financial crisis, investor activists and corporate strategy: will this mean shareholders in the boardroom?

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Author	Ingley, Coral Mueller, Jens Cocks, Graeme
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	The concept of stakeholder engagement is gaining increasing attention in the mainstream media and may feature as part of a corporation’s strategy for corporate social responsibility. Not only are boards considering how they might engage with key stakeholders, but stakeholders are also pursuing greater participation in the strategic decisions of companies in which they invest. While this is an emerging concept in companies governed by unitary boards, as in North America, the issue of stakeholder engagement in various forms is also entering debate in other countries around the world. In general, however, the idea of shareholder or stakeholder representation on the boards of most UK and Commonwealth companies is anathema. Forces now influencing the development of strategies for stakeholder engagement and the rise of active investors include changing corporate governance rules which give investors more power in the election of directors, the increasing role of pension plans and hedge fund investment groups which have produced investors who keep a close eye on company performance and value, and a sluggish or turbulent stock market as a result of the financial crisis initiated by the credit crunch in the sub-prime mortgage markets. In this paper the phenomenon of stakeholder representation is examined and results of a recent survey conducted among a large sample of New Zealand directors are presented. The findings suggest that these traditionally oriented boards are increasingly inwardly focused and are without an agenda for building and managing shareholder and stakeholder relations. Accordingly, such boards are unlikely to regard stakeholder engagement as a serious strategic issue and are thus also likely to miss significant opportunities in the changed business environment to benefit from stakeholder support.
Starting Page	557
Ending Page	587
Page Count	31
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13853457
Journal	Journal of Management and Governance
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	1572963X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2010-02-04
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Shareholder activism Board of directors Financial crisis New Zealand Stakeholder relations Sociology Industrial Organization Accounting/Auditing Management/Business for Professionals
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Business and International Management

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