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Daily Brief ESG: History Shows that Unique Ideas Emerge when Overcoming Harsh External Environments and more

In today’s briefing:

  • History Shows that Unique Ideas Emerge when Overcoming Harsh External Environments


History Shows that Unique Ideas Emerge when Overcoming Harsh External Environments

By Aki Matsumoto

  • METI’s “cash should be concentrated on businesses with high capital efficiency, while businesses with low capital efficiency should be considered for sale to others” makes reviewing “parent-subsidiary listings” top priority.
  • As companies became accustomed to increasing profits without creating products that added value, they were increasingly reluctant to make risky investments, resulting in cash piling up in bank deposits.
  • Japanese companies often seem to prefer doling out shareholder returns in small increments because they find it a hassle to explain their decisions directly to shareholders.

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