The Japanese basically have "long-terminism" baked into their corporate bylaws. The company I worked for, is a pretty "old-fashioned" one, so may no longer be

The Japanese basically have "long-terminism" baked into their corporate bylaws. The company I worked for, is a pretty "old-fashioned" one, so may no longer be representative of the standard, but it didn't matter who was in charge. All planning was done in 10/5/3/1 year process; with the goals getting "sharper," as you approached zero. It was not particularly conducive to software development, but worked fairly well, for most of the stuff they made.