Despite decades of short-term profits, the long-term consequences of this approach have been catastrophic.
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Under the American form of capitalism, private enterprise is about maximising short-term profits for those who invest.
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Although this boosted short-term profits, it did not seem to be part of the duo's original mission.
And private-equity managers in particular are too keen on short-term profits at the expense of long-term investment and employment.
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The firms also work hard to reach and educate poor consumers, often sacrificing short-term profits to create future markets.
The same thinking that spurs once-innovative American companies to slash research and investment in order to inflate short-term profits.
In the past companies have condemned activist investors for focusing on short-term profits.
It is patient: its managers care more about long-term growth than short-term profits.
Mr. Stewart made short-term profits by trading in firms such as NCI Building Systems Inc. that had a stake in energy legislation.
Steady gaming revenue has allowed Tencent to invest in areas where it sees long-term potential without worrying too much about short-term profits.
This is the difference between generating short-term profits and long-term shareholder value.
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The mobile operator is also set to spend heavily to upgrade and expand its network, which investors expect will constrict short-term profits.
The second is that a short-term contract does not mean short-term profits.
Over time the value of these companies far exceeds any short-term profits.
Because this risk remains on the upside, I would not consider selling Apple at this time, except perhaps to take some short-term profits.
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Mr Neels also worries that airline bosses' financial incentives make them do things that yield short-term profits but risk harming their firms' reputations.
In such a stakeholder economy the primary goal, it is said, is not the maximisation of short-term profits for the benefit of the shareholders.
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Wren is also more willing than his counterparts at Interpublic and WPP to gamble short-term profits in the hopes of gaining long-term client loyalty.
In order to pump up short-term profits, manufacturers of communications gear loaned money to cash-strapped Internet startups so they could buy switches and routers.
But that might displease Blue Capital, as short-term profits would suffer.
One of his colleagues described the failure to me as a "colossal failure of culture - bankers, obsessed with generating short-term profits and bonuses, ran amok".
Southeastern examined comments made by him and other executives to assemble a solid case that Dell is sacrificing short-term profits to invest in different parts of the business.
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Along with activist hedge funds, many institutional investors have idolised short-term profits and share-price increases rather than engaging recalcitrant managers in discussions about corporate governance or executive pay.
Hyundai seems to be motivated by patriotism, not short-term profits.
Mr Bloomberg is said to be convinced that private-equity is overpaying, and that when they later face pressure to deliver returns, they will slash jobs to boost short-term profits.
For the threat of predation to be credible, the monopoly's managers must be rewarded in ways tied to output, not short-term profits (because profits would suffer if the threat were carried out).
In effect Boeing has been left behind by its suppliers and cannot catch up without major costs that, given the relentless pressure for short-term profits in corporate America, will never seem to be worth incurring.
Unfortunately, evidence of the gravity of the problem continues to mount, as planners, policymakers and corporate boardrooms alike continue to demonstrate a preference for short-term profits over long-term security in the face of this growing challenge.
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