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Recuperação De Empresas Viáveis Em Dificuldades: Prevenção E Preservação De Valor [Restructuring Distressed Viable Business Entities: Prevention And Value Preservation], Bruno Ferreira
Bruno Ferreira
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Activist Distressed Debtholders: The New Barbarians At The Gate?, Michelle M. Harner
Activist Distressed Debtholders: The New Barbarians At The Gate?, Michelle M. Harner
Michelle M. Harner
The term “corporate raiders” previously struck fear in the hearts of corporate boards and management teams. It generally refers to investors who target undervalued, cash-flush or mismanaged companies and initiate a hostile takeover of the company. Corporate raiders earned their name in part because of their focus on value extraction, which could entail dismantling a company and selling off its crown jewels. Today, the term often conjures up images of Michael Milken, Henry Kravis or the movie character Gordon Gekko, but the alleged threat posed to companies by corporate raiders is less prevalent—at least with respect to the traditional use …