Built to Last: Focusing Corporations on Long-Term Performance
Contributing Organization(s): Committee for Economic Development
Author(s)/Creator(s): Committee for Economic Development Research and Policy Committee
Publishing Date: 2007-06-21
Issue Areas: Economic Development
Ownership/Rights Info: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
File info: 52 pages; 1.73 MB file size
This report addresses the increasingly short-term focus by many business leaders that is damaging the ability of public companies to sustain long-term performance. This trend is hampering growth in the American economy. The report offers recommendations for corporations to improve performance by focusing on long-term goals. "Short-termism" is defined as an undue focus on meeting quarterly forecasts and a lesser emphasis on long-term planning.
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ISBN: 0-87186-184-4
Intended Audience: Policy Professionals; Researchers
Type/Format: Whitepaper
Language code: English
Intended Audience: Policy Professionals; Researchers
Type/Format: Whitepaper
Language code: English
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