wynnefield capital, inc., is an employee-owned hedge fund founded in 1992 by nelson obus and joshua landes. the fund is a value investor, specializing in u.s. small-cap companies with a business- or industry-specific catalyst. it employs long and short strategies and conducts in-house research in making its investments. the fund has been an activist investor with a number of companies, including cornell companies, crown crafts, breeze-eastern, mam software, chiquita brands, and omega protein.