Starboard Value just kills it. Most of their projects work out at least pretty well, gaining board seats and changing companies. It defied the odds to turn Darden into a winner. Its AUM has soared in its short history, topping $4 billion recently.

It does all this in part as an innovator. It promoted non-binding shareholder proposals as way of gaining leverage at Darden. It figured out how to threaten Yahoo after many others had failed. In a current blog post, we profile its novel approach to an activist situation at semiconductor maker Marvell Technology.

You can find other useful resources at the TAI website, including our research on "Effective Activism", our new resource guides on advance notice provisions and on activist investing data sources, our white paper with the basics on activist investing, and our guides on exempt solicitation, consent solicitation, and special shareholder meetings.