EPS Goal Long-term Operations 
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs? Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. It's a strategic and operational straight-jacket.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact. It’s easy to fault CEOs for being too fixated on the short term. Essential to the story is the company’s purpose.
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