Interview with Tom Standage, Business Editor of The Economist

December 2, 2007
By Ken Worsley

This week’s edition of The Economist has a 14 page special section on doing business in Japan. I haven’t actually seen the print version yet, but much of it is online. As an added bonus, the folks over at The Economist have posted a 16 minute interview with Tom Standage, their business editor.

Mr Standage speaks well on the inefficiencies with regards to Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, and the role of activist investors and shareholder value in Japan. In his mind, Steel Partners went about their attempt to purchase Bull Dog in the wrong way, and stresses the need for patience and decorum when trying to achieve goals that might be taken by force in the west.

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