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• short-termism — short term ˈshort term adjective 1. continuing for only a short time, or concerned only with the period of time that is not very far into the future: • Most of the staff are on short term contracts. • We will continue to manufacture products to… …   Financial and business terms

• short-termism — An attitude that places *short term over long term gains. The management of a corporation may be tempted to enhance *short term *earnings to impress investors (and to boost the managers’ *remuneration), yet their decisions could cause *long term… …   Auditor's dictionary

• short-termism — noun The concentration on obtaining immediate profit at the expense of long term security …   Wiktionary

• short-termism — noun concentration on immediate profit or advantage at the expense of long term security …   English new terms dictionary

• short-termism — Any policy that aims to maximize current profits rather than long term development and wealth. For example, cutting back on research and development reduces immediate costs but may lead to products becoming obsolescent in the future. A company… …   Accounting dictionary

• short-termism — Any policy that aims to maximize current profits rather than long term development and wealth. For example, cutting back on research and development reduces immediate costs but may lead to products becoming obsolescent in the future. A company… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• short-termism — /ʃɔ:t tɜ:mɪz(ə)m/ noun the fact of taking a short term view of the market, i.e. not planning for a long term investment …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• Miriam Kennet — is an economist and founder of the Green Economics Institute. [1][2][3]. She is editor of the International Journal of Green Economics, [4][5] the first peer reviewed international journal which proposes and fosters discussion on all aspects of… …   Wikipedia

• short-term — Any investments with a maturity of one year or less. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * short term ˈshort term adjective 1. continuing for only a short time, or concerned only with the period of time that is not very far into the future: • Most …   Financial and business terms

• Criticism of democracy — has always existed in democratic societies, with much of the criticism claiming that democracy is either economically inefficient, politically idealistic or morally corrupt. Contents 1 Economic criticisms 1.1 Irrational voters 1.2 Efficiency of… …   Wikipedia