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> To US companies, that are driven by quarterly targets then it is very much a case of sacrificing the future for the present. This comment comes off as trite
by pwaivers 8y ago
> To US companies, that are driven by quarterly targets then it is very much a case of sacrificing the future for the present.
This comment comes off as trite and naive. Multi-billion dollar companies like DuPont and AMD Inc do not only think a few quarters ahead. They think years or decades ahead.
- mistermann 8y agoIn some ways they do, but to what degree do senior executives, often near retirement (or wanting to hit a magic number they hold in their minds), make decisions that maximize short term returns? How would we even answer this question, considering no one really knows for sure to what degree the subconscious mind affects our decisions?