The elasticityis large between thedivisionofresearchdevelopmentstageand the conditionof capitalization, which leavesopportunityforthe enterprise to manipulateprofit.
While it was at its peak Apple became the company with the highest capitalizationof any company anywhere, Q4 profit in 2012 higher than any non-oil company had ever posted, in effect making it the most successful company in the world.
To be sure the stock market values high tech companies so highly (incredibly, Microsoft ranks second in terms of market capitalization, lagging only Exxon), partly because of their high profit margins and prospects for future growth.
Companies, according to the report, will be eligible for listing if they have a market capitalizationof at least 30 billion yuan and have a combined net profitof at least 3 billion yuan in the three years preceding the listing.