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The Delusion of Profits

The Delusion of Profits

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Jun 19, 2020
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“One of the basic causes of poor performance on the part of analysts, investors and business managers is the yardstick they use to determine how a business is doing — earnings per share.”

Prof. Peter Drucker ‘Measuring Business Performance”’3.8.1976, WSJ

“Long-range planning does not deal with the future decisions, but with the future of present decision…

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