Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Institutional Ownership and Corporate Governance; Chapter 3 Heterogeneity of Institutional Owners; Chapter 4 Institutional Shareholder Activism; Chapter 5 Research Questions and Hypotheses; Chapter 6 Research Design and Methodology; Chapter 7 Results and Analysis; Chapter 8 Implications for Institutions, Corporations, Regulators and Future Research; Appendix A QUESTIONNAIRE; Appendix B LIST OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS FOR FIRST SURVEY; Appendix C LIST OF INSTITUTIONAL OWNER FOR SECOND SURVEY; Appendix D LIST OF LAEGE PUBLIC PENSION PLANS; Selected Bibliography; Index;