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> Even as corporations have brought in enormous profits, there has been a shortage of lucrative opportunities for investment and growth, creating surpluses of c

> Even as corporations have brought in enormous profits, there has been a shortage of lucrative opportunities for investment and growth, creating surpluses of cash. This imbalance has resulted in the pileup of $2 trillion on corporate balance sheets. As companies continue to generate more profits than they need to fund their own growth, the question becomes: Who will decide what to do with all those profits—managers or investors? And will they decide to pay their employees?

rorykoehler 8y ago
> there has been a shortage of lucrative opportunities for investment and growth History has proven this to be false. There is only a shortage of creativity. There was a Micorsoft talk Ballmer gave where he rightly pointed out that it is rare for even successful companies to have more than one cash cow idea. Using their existing cash to create two or more is the main challenge facing companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple.