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Japan Is Counting on Shareholder Activism to Improve Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

In Japan several factors combine to help insulate managers from outside influence, including cross-holdings where the company owns shares in a partner firm, docile boards mostly composed of company executives, and a court system historically biased against investment funds. The jury is still out on Abe’s corporate governance reforms.

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How Office Dwellers Can Become Doers

Harvard Business Review

But let's face it, Microsoft won't pay you to conquer the Amazon or extract salmon roe. I ranked these based on how well they stimulate the senses, create tangible results, and achieve business goals. Offices are where the work is. But there is a glimmer of hope for us Clickers, Copy/Pasters, Conference-Callers, and Collators.

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