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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Japanese-Style management, “conducting business while considering the interests of all stakeholders,” served as a convenient means to affirm cross-shareholdings, enabling the free succession of management control despite low capital profitability.</li>
<li>The lack of noticeable improvement in capital profitability stems from the fact that managers remain skeptical about maximizing shareholder value as management goal, which prevents them from identifying investment opportunities.</li>
<li>Companies that fail to advance initiatives to enhance corporate value often have issues at board level. There's an expectation that activist investors will play a role in waking up management.</li>
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Japanese-Style management, “conducting business while considering the interests of all stakeholders,” served as a convenient means to affirm cross-shareholdings, enabling the free succession of management control despite low capital profitability.
The lack of noticeable improvement in capital profitability stems from the fact that managers remain skeptical about maximizing shareholder value as management goal, which prevents them from identifying investment opportunities.
Companies that fail to advance initiatives to enhance corporate value often have issues at board level. There's an expectation that activist investors will play a role in waking up management.


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