Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part One: From Raiders to Activists and Everything in Between. Chapter 1: Growth of Activism and Why Corporate Raiders Arent Around Anymore. Chapter 2: Nuts and Bolts: How Activists Became Who They Are Today. Chapter 3: The Pack: How Activists Are Working Together (But Not Officially). Chapter 4: How Activists Use Litigation to Pursue Their Agenda. Chapter 5: Why Activists Target Certain Corporations and Leave Others Alone. Chapter 6: Overperked and Overpaid: The Impact of Activists on Executive Compensation. Chapter 7: Hedge Specialization: Good or Bad? Chapter 8: Regulation and Activists: How the Securities and Exchange Commission Helps (or Hurts) Activists. Part Two: Institutional Investors and Activists. Chapter 9: Institutional Investors on Activist Hedge Funds: Loveem or Hateem? Chapter 10: Activists Taking on Large Corporations Must Have Institutional Support. Chapter 11: Institutions and Activist Hedge Funds: Breaking Up Deals Together Around the World. Chapter 12: Just Vote No and No and No Again. Chapter 13: Institutions Changing Corporate Bylaws so Activist Hedge Funds Can Get Down to Business. Chapter 14: Cant Be Them? Then Fund Them. Chapter 15: Institutions Behaving Like Activist Hedge Fund Managers. Part Three: Activism 2.0. Chapter 16: Technology, Communications, and Activists: Gary Lutin, Eric Jackson, and Anne Faulk. Chapter 17: When Is an Activist Fund Really a Private Equity Fund, and Whats the Difference? Chapter 18: Funds of Hedge Funds Stake Out Activists. Chapter 19: Distressed Investing: How Activist Managers Buy Debt and Provoke Companies. Chapter 20: Hedge Activists in Western Europe, Asia, and Canada. Chapter 21: East Meets West: Hedge Activism Goes Global to Emerging Markets. Chapter 22: Value Investing versus Activism: Which One Is Better? Conclusion: Saturation or No Saturation? Notes. About the Author. Index.