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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business Review

If a company has beat or missed its EPS targets by less than two cents , that means the company has nipped and tucked its quarterly results just enough to meet the target EPS number it committed to analysts. Again, acknowledging reality might force hard, but timely, decisions on restructuring employee benefits.

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