2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2018.04.003
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Social gains from the public relations voice of activist investors: The case of Herbalife and Pershing Square Capital Management

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“…Activist public relations challenges the status quo by disrupting destructive institutions, such as detrimental corporate practices (cf. Thompson, 2018) or racism (cf. Hon, 2016).…”
Section: Informal Institutional Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Activist public relations challenges the status quo by disrupting destructive institutions, such as detrimental corporate practices (cf. Thompson, 2018) or racism (cf. Hon, 2016).…”
Section: Informal Institutional Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Doan and Toledano, 2018) , as well as activist investors, who spend millions of dollars on their lobbying efforts (see e.g. Thompson, 2018) . Scholars have thereby failed to explicitly recognize the kaleidoscope of activist activities and have ignored the vast disparity in resources, professionalism, decision-making processes, and capabilities available between -and even within -individual activist groups or movements.…”
Section: Literature Review: Activist Public Relationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The activism PR literature has commonly referred to activists and activist groups as homogeneous entities (see, for example, Grunig, 1992; Grunig et al, 2002; Holtzhausen, 2007; Smith, 2005). References to activism in extant scholarship encompass international NGOs (see, for example, Reber et al, 2010), context-driven social movements (see, for example, Ciszek, 2017), grassroots groups (see, for example, Weaver, 2010), civic crowdfunding activities (see, for example, Doan and Toledano, 2018), as well as activist investors, who spend millions of dollars on their lobbying efforts (see, for example, Thompson, 2018). Scholars have thereby failed to explicitly recognize the kaleidoscope of activist activities and have ignored the vast disparity in resources, professionalism, decision-making processes, and capabilities available between – and even within – individual activist groups or movements.…”
Section: Literature Review: Activist Public Relationsmentioning
confidence: 99%