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Japan Is Counting on Shareholder Activism to Improve Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. Rather than berating management publicly, these funds have led quiet discussions behind closed doors. They seek to win management over by sharing well-researched analysis and connecting them to a network of potential partners.

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Idle Funds are the Devil's Playground

Harvard Business Review

He cited the International Monetary Fund's 1997 judgment that "Malaysia is a good example of a country where the authorities are well aware of the challenges of managing the pressures that result from high growth and of maintaining a sound financial system amidst substantial capital flows and a booming property market."

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End the Religion of ROE

Harvard Business Review

corporation than "what's the ROE on that?" ROE justifies the means. To an extent not widely recognized, it was an equation in the first place that gave ROE the power to dominate not just investment decisions, but an entire business culture. There is no more powerful question in a U.S. Social media spending? Wellness checkups?

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