Companies facing hostile takeover threats invest more in environmental, social and governance initiatives, and the effect spreads to their competitors.
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Political power and a history of racism lurk behind the recent state takeover of the Houston public school system.
To complete his deal, Elon Musk now needs the nod from a majority of Twitter’s shareholders and US corporate regulators.
Musk, who revived his bid for Twitter after the social media company’s board sued to enforce the deal, has been very critical of its board.
Elon Musk’s attempt to take over Twitter uses free speech as the motivation, but research shows that unregulated online spaces result in increased harassment for marginalized users.
Twitter adopted a so-called poison pill to make it much harder for Musk to take over the company.
Public companies have many governance safeguards that private ones lack, such as independent oversight and transparency.
Papa John’s is hoping to use the corporate strategy to prevent founder John Schnatter from taking back control over the pizza chain.
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