Sunday, December 9, 2012

How These Simple Lessons From 'Casablanca' Could Save The American Economy



BI's Henry Blodget writes: One mistake many companies make is emphasizing short-term profit at the expense of long-term value.]

In squeezing every dollar out of a business today, the companies often reduce much greater value they could have created tomorrow.  By focusing only "shareholder value," they also often neglect other constituencies--namely, customers, employees, and communities.

The best companies create value for all of these constituencies, not just shareholders. They make a reasonable profit, not a "maximized" one. And they continually sacrifice short-term profit opportunities in the service of long-term investments and other values, some of which have nothing to do with money....

Read all about it: http://www.businessinsider.com/casablanca-business-lessons-2012-12?op=1#ixzz2EZuc9H81

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