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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Human investment, the engine of medium-to-long-term growth, was burden for companies without high profit margins, and it wasn't of much interest to investors seeking stock price returns from short-term perspective.</li>
<li>Today, where people are required to do jobs that machines and robots cannot do and to think about mechanisms for making them work, investing in people is becoming more important.</li>
<li>The fact that investors have focused more on short-term earnings volatility indicates that they have failed to assume growth-based corporate value in valuations. Growth investing is essential to raising valuations.</li>
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Human investment, the engine of medium-to-long-term growth, was burden for companies without high profit margins, and it wasn't of much interest to investors seeking stock price returns from short-term perspective.
Today, where people are required to do jobs that machines and robots cannot do and to think about mechanisms for making them work, investing in people is becoming more important.
The fact that investors have focused more on short-term earnings volatility indicates that they have failed to assume growth-based corporate value in valuations. Growth investing is essential to raising valuations.


Human Capital Investment Is Also Necessary to Remind Valuations of Growth-Based Corporate Value

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Human Capital Investment Is Also Necessary to Remind Valuations of Growth-Based Corporate Value