> This is a purely, mostly uneducated guess on my part, but in the 10-year
> timeframe you mention, it seems to me that 10 years ago, give or take (muzzy
> femory), we started seeing corporate America absolutely fixate on short-term
> profits, and neglect the long-term. In this scenario, I believe, IS will
> always get the short shrift.
In that case, quite a bit of it has to do with public vs. private
companies. Public are the ones that tend to fixate on the quarterly
#'s, while private companies can afford to take a longer view,
sheltered from the insatiable demands of short-term investors.
Mike E.
