As West business goes into Asian markets, investor activism is likely to increase.

There's a notable difference between investors in the West as compared to those in Asia.  This differential feature is discussed in the Economist, September 2nd issue, pp. 55-56.  

Traditionally, businesses in the East aren't subjected to investor demands at board meetings and public forums.  And, it may well be that investor activism is still a phenomenon in the East of minor significance. But there are figures on p. 55 that there is an ever-growing number, and may increase even now in Hong Kong and Singapore, where contact with the West is an everyday occurrence.  The magazine observes, in Japan the number of demands is indeed a surprise.

I know American business and hence firmly believe that investors from the West are likely to pepper corporate with their demands, should their influence become common place in board rooms in the East.  So, I am looking to changes in the composition of board members and more turnovers in corporate administrators.  We'll see....