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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5

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