# Prof. April Klein on activist investor Nelson Peltz's plans for DuPont

1 Faculty News March 21, 2015 ![News Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_033153.jpg?itok=aCaZBmHm)>

Excerpt from [The News Journal](http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/business/2015/03/21/dupont-peltz-gets-way/25142915/) -- "'DuPont has been doing the same things for many years,' said [April Klein](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/april-klein), an accounting professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. 'There has to be feeling that the company is resting on its laurels and maybe it's time to shake things up. It's not clear where DuPont's growth opportunities are anymore and its not illogical for someone to come and try to shake up how the company is being run.'"

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