Japanese shareholders meeting: “I’m sorry to be impertinent, but I hope that the board will continue to maximize profits by all available means. Thank you all for listening to my humble opinion.”
Westoid shareholder meeting: “I pay your salaries God dammit so you better listen when I say that I want you to maximize profits no matter how many babies you have to grind up!”
Japanese and Western companies: The exact same policies and practices
Japanese shareholders meeting: “I’m sorry to be impertinent, but I hope that the board will continue to maximize profits by all available means. Thank you all for listening to my humble opinion.”
Westoid shareholder meeting: “I pay your salaries God dammit so you better listen when I say that I want you to maximize profits no matter how many babies you have to grind up!”
Japanese and Western companies: The exact same policies and practices