Economist John Kay similarly found that 'the most profitable companies were not the most profit oriented' but instead operated around a widely shared sense of mission.

经济学家John Kay同样指出“盈利最多的企业，从来不会是最看重获利的企业”而是以更广泛的使命感来运营的企业。

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“‘Club’ engenders a warm, slipper-like feeling,” he says. “These are wellrun, profit-oriented organisations that are finding it in their self-interest to associate.”

“‘帮会’给人的感觉是温暖，有点象拖鞋那样的感觉，”他说，“但这些是运做良好，以利润为导向的组织，而且他们是基于自己的利益来相互联合的。”

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Thousands of unproductive firms were pushed into bankruptcy, while those that remained were transformed into competitive, profit-oriented shareholding enterprises.

成千上万家生产率底下的企业被迫破产，而留下的企业经过改造变成富有竞争力的、以效益为核心的股份企业。

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Basically, the gold sector is transitioning from a growth- to profit-oriented industry, he said.

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Even without guarantees, public-sector banks will remain less profit-oriented, and thus likelier to accept low margins, than private-sector competitors.

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By virtue of it being charity, the latter presumes the funding of dependency versus profit-oriented investment that leads to company formation and job creation.

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