Shooting the Messenger: Quarterly Earnings and Short-term Pressure to Perform

While most experts agree that a single-minded focus on the short term can cause negative consequences for companies they also suggest that blaming quarterly earnings reports and the pressure to meet analysts’ targets or company guidance is like shooting the messenger. Although the system of quarterly earnings might be broken fixing it is no easy matter and might create even more pressure to produce immediate results.

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