Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on “managing the numbers” – delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer term investments – makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage....

Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers" --delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer term investments--makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage. "Short termism"...

Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers" --delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer term investments--makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive advantage. "Short termism"...