Shareholder Activism in the Virginia Company of London, 1606–1624

Thomas Hall

Chapter Chapter 6 in Origins of Shareholder Advocacy, 2011, pp 123-143 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Virginia Company of London (VCL) was founded in 1606 under charter of James I of England. Although successful in terms of founding the longest-lasting, continuously settled English colony in North America at Jamestown, the firm was an abysmal failure for its shareholders, employees, settlers, and managers. Our key finding is that two issues—shareholder activism and the role of the state—each had ambiguous impacts on the firm’s performance, with sometimes positive and sometimes negative consequences.

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Ambiguous Role; Shareholder Activism; East India Company; Shareholder Meeting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230116665_6

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