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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Short-termism - The focus is on the immediate and making money now. Until we get more brainpower into modelling the overall economic system, and out of maximising the short-term trading... [29 Oct 2009]
Inbox: Women still getting a rough deal on pay
Comment Short-termism to blame The executive bonus system, knee jerk cost cutting and short-termism, where anything more than six months is classed as a long term project have... [07 Nov 2008]
Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Public sector outsourcing may have doubled over the past 10 years to £80bn. But that apparently healthy growth masks some fundamental issues with procurement, says Martyn Hart. Although the public sector has learnt a lot from previous... [20 Aug 2008]
Leader: Should CIOs fear the rise of private equity?
Leader Short-termism or ignorance about the strategic role IT plays have always been problems. The rise of private equity purchases of companies which typically would have been publicly listed has been one of... [03 Aug 2007]
Leader: What Flash Larry's latest deal means
Leader George Shaheen, the third CEO in less than a year, was appointed from within the company's own ranks, sparking talk of short-termism and an imminent sale. It's been more than a year since Tom Siebel was... [13 Sep 2005]
Leader: Boom and bust - here we go again...?
Leader You'll need a strong management team, not prone to short-termism. One of the neatest descriptions of the dot-com boom and bust phenomenon we've heard in a while was courtesy of a speaker at the... [02 Mar 2004]
Broadband 'go slow': Government gets off lightly in blame game
News The government is yet to deliver and there is a short-termism in its thinking which will do a real disservice to UK plc. BT has come in for renewed criticism over the slow roll out of broadband in the UK... [12 Aug 2003]
Rural broadband threatened by "political expediency"
News But Broadband4Britain is warning of "short-termism" and fears this will be rejected as the government pursues more voter-friendly policies for its forthcoming re-election campaign. Broadband campaign... [25 Jul 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Short-termism of the worst kind
Comment Short-term fixes often mean long-term problems. But there is no excuse and no place for short-term stupidity and muddled thinking that damages the long-term operation and viability of any group. Hold... [23 Apr 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense
News Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Short-termism of the worst kind It's 2003 and Peter Cochrane's column for silicon.com is going from strength to strength. Rest assured, we are placing all his writing on... [10 Mar 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: No market savvy
Comment This is the power of fear, greed and short-termism. In short, it soon votes with its feet. How can we make sense of the economy's cyclical nature? Take a step back and look at... [30 Jan 2003]
Ebusiness Despatches: Don't put customers first
Comment Axing staff and asking those that remain to carry on as before only working to a bigger client list is short termism at its worst. In short they've never had to master the consultative... [11 Sep 2002]
CRM suffers because of user 'short-termism'
News Celia Gaffney, MD of Atos KPMG Consulting, said the problem is because of CRM being used as a short-term tactical response instead of strategically. More and more companies are shelling out for customer relationship... [21 Aug 2002]
Security still not on the agenda for IT directors
News Phil Ryan, chair of the Security Forum and a Nortel Networks consultant, said management 'short-termism' was to blame. IT directors are still not taking security seriously, despite the recent spate of... [29 Jan 2002]
Big firms slash contractor rates
News She added: "Rate cutting among these highly-skilled IT consultants is, arguably, short-termism on the part of the City institutions. IT contractors have become the latest casualties of the economic... [25 Jul 2001]
