Introduction -- Chapter I: The Early American Corporation -- Chapter II: Adolf Berle and the Modern Corporation -- Chapter III: The Rise of Asset Manager Capitalism -- Chapter IV: The Emergence of the Shareholder Primacy Paradigm -- Chapter V: The New Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG -- Chapter...

Public pension funds, as some of the world's largest institutional investors, can command substantial ownership and influence over corporate governance and strategy. This influence can extend to shareholder activism, and can be at odds with other corporate owners. This study analyzes the role of...