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Taking a Long View on Corporate Reform. Lawrence Summers, August 10, 2015, Opinion, "A generation ago, Japan's keiretsu system, which insulated corporate management from share price pressure by tying large companies together, was widely seen as a great Japanese strength; yet even apart from Japan's manifest macroeconomic difficulties, Japanese companies lacking market discipline have squandered leads in sectors ranging from electronics to automobiles to information technology."