Wolves at the Door: A Closer Look at Hedge Fund Activism

Yu Ting Forester Wong
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Yu Ting Forester Wong
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2543-8063
USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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Yu Ting Forester Wong

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Yu Ting Forester Wong

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2543-8063

USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

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Published Online:20 Nov 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3312

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Received:April 21, 2017
Accepted:January 18, 2019
Published Online:November 20, 2019

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