Which Colleges Have The Best Career/Placement Service ?

sakky
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:11:51 +0000

Some would say that is one of the biggest problems with US companies today–being forced into a very short term focus by people who have no long term thinking or knowledge.



Oh, I don’t know about that. Specifically, I don’t really know that private equity, hedge funds, or venture capital really foster a short-term focus. Seems to me that CEO’s do plenty of short-term thinking all by themselves.

In fact, I think a case could be made that VC/PE specifically could be said to actually encourage long-term (or at least longer term) thinking. One of the purported advantages of private equity is the shield from the scrutiny of the public markets, meaning that you no longer have to worry about obsessively hitting quarterly numbers lest your stock price take a tumble.