, Columnist
Activists Are Coming for Corporate Asia
Expect more bloodless sieges after success in Japan and South Korea.
Anti-Samsung protesters in Seoul, August 2017.
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Asia's companies should be on high alert.
Activists, both homegrown and American, are coming after bloated balance sheets and family-controlled firms, and succeeding more often than hitherto in forcing through higher dividends and board changes.