The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 13, 2017
This has been a remarkable year for the markets. Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. MirageC/Getty Images. The S&P and the Dow indexes are up 18% and 19%, respectively.
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