COVID-19 and Japanese shareholder activism: Brief respite for Japan's self-healing concrete

• Main Authors: YOSHIKAWA, Toru, CHUA, Gavin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Japanese firms; Shareholder activism; Corporate governance; Stakeholder model; COVID-19; pandemics; Japan; business enterprises; Asian Studies; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2471; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3470&context=soe_research
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Extrapolating from modern international understanding of corporate Japan’s distinct form of managerial capitalism, we elaborate on the growing momentum of shareholder activism in Japan leading up to the COVID-19 health crisis, so as to inform the subsequent discussion on the relevant primary conside...