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Do Activists Beat the Market?

Harvard Corporate Governance

In other words, not all activists are the alpha generators that they are made to seem, and the majority do not deliver on their campaign promises of outperformance beyond an immediate “pop.” Our empirical review included campaigns waged between 2018 and H1 2023 at U.S.

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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

Value Scope

This work can be used to reconcile and support an adjustment to the CAPM, then the WACC, via Alpha and Beta. Using Alpha, however, it could be done. Alpha is an adjustment made to the Capital Asset Pricing Model (“CAPM”) as part of the calculation of the Weighted Average Cost of Capital, or “WACC.” What about stock price?

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ESG A Valuation Framework

Value Scope

How do you justify making substantial investments and fundamental changes to corporate structures and culture without empirical evidence that it will make a direct impact on shareholder value, total shareholder return, net present value, and individual rates of return? . Using Alpha, however, it could be done.