Opportunities and Challenges of Activist Term Paper

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Another dream would be to expand outside Asia in the long-term and the Taiyo team should go into specifics (or at least into rough outline) about how to achieve this.

The Taiyo team should also discuss strategies for future competition

A related subject would be how to further increase shareholder value and improve company's operation

Finally, the Taiyo team should brainstorm ideas on how to improve cash flow and increase the value of the firm by changing the firm's placement of orders and terms of payments and receipts

3. What should Taiyo do about its position in Nicera?

I think Taiyo should increase its ownership in Nicera since Nicera has a quite positive future prospect. Moreover, Taiyo seems to be versed in the complicities of Japanese firms savvy and goes for the "smart guys who have good businesses, whose companies are not well-known, and we will work with them in a friendly way to make good companies even better." (p.7)

Nicera seems to have good business. It doesn't seem to be particularly well-known and Taiyo, reputed to be a company well skilled in understanding Japanese businesses can possibly help Nicera become even better.

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Before they conclusively make their decision, another condition has to be taken into consideration. Tiayo has described their investment strategy as the decision "… to invest in (1) an under-valued company with (2) a quality business and (3) honest, competent and open management." (ibid.) Nicera may be an under-valued company. Taiyo still has to assess whether its management is honest, open, and competent . It seems so, but no clear descriptions are mentioned on this issue.

Whilst Taiyo, proficient in improving companies, can reform management, Taiyo however wishes to do so int their typically unobtrusive, polite Japanese manner letting the company make the major changes and themselves only being in the background guiding them.

So far, Taiyo and Nicero have had a productive collaborative relationship. Given the company's successful history, the challenges ahead may be tasking but could be overcome. Nicera has a quite positive future prospect. Something to take into consideration, however, is whether the company';s management is able and willing to deal with the situation. Mr. Sato, in conclusion is advised to not only discuss financial affairs….....

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