Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth
Harvard Business Review
MAY 1, 2017
Today, the average cost of equity capital sits at close to half that: just 8% for the roughly 1600 companies comprising the Value Line Index. So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. In these circumstances, strategies that generate faster growth create more value for most companies than those that improve profit margins.
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