White Knights, Greenmail and the Poison Pill

Abstract

Presents a preliminary assessment of the moral implications of hostile takeovers. Argues that prevalent verdicts are premature, and that we should withhold judgement in this regard because there is, as yet, no principled way of adjudicating his opposing positions on the morality of “unfriendly acquisitions”.

Citation

Malachowski, A.R. (1992), "White Knights, Greenmail and the Poison Pill", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 7 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/02686909210012824