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Old 03-05-2009 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by alvrb211
The US firms are run by financiers. They tend to be less passionate about what they build. They also know that their tenure will likely be 5 year or less. So, their goal is to make as much $$$ in the short term and the long term isn't their problem!


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Think that statement easily applies to the airlines as well. The ones run by Harvard MBA types seem to focus on the same idea. Wish more were airline guys first and spreadsheet ninjas second (or maybe third...)
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