Audit

Zombie companies are all the rage in the Japanese media. What can we learn from these dead men (or women) walking?

Japan likes catchy phrases especially onomatopoeic ones. Did you know that onomatopoeia itself is in katana? (オノマトペ); I think the rising popularity of manga and anime may be to blame. ゾンビ企業 (Zonbi kigiyou, Zombie businesses) has appeared in many headlines recently. It has a ring to it. In 2023 bankruptcies amongst small and medium sized businesses […]

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Digital media

S4 Capital’s lust for whopper growth wrenches its auditor’s nerves

S4 Capital has all the makings of a Harvard case study. It’s a tale of a mercurial advertising scion, spurned by a business he previously founded, who in 5 years turned a shell company into a global advertising giant. It’s a tale that is still in its early chapters. S4 Capital was founded in 2018

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