Hedge Fund Activism in Japan - Buchanan, John (University of Cambridge) a Chai, Dominic Heesang (Seoul National University) a Deakin, Simon, FBA (University of Cambridge)

Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice. This book provides an examination of confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008.