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Beware of Short-term Management, Not the Short-term Investor

Harvard Business Review

I believe these arguments often miss a nuance: It is not the short-term investor but short-term management that is the problem. The short-term investor does not reduce the firm's long-term competitiveness and value;short-term management does. There are many reasons for managers not to ignore the short-term price.