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How Companies Can Use Investors to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Then a new CFO joined the company: Masashi Oka, a financial industry veteran who had played a key role in transforming Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-owned Union Bank in the US. His idea was to turn investor relations on its head by using regular meetings with top-class investors as something akin to due diligence.

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4 Types of Activist Investors and How to Spot Them

Harvard Business Review

Because by the time the activist has engaged senior management, they have already performed extensive due diligence on the company and have a detailed strategy they intend to pursue. However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact.

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