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> If a management team doesn't think they'll survive a bad couple of quarters (or that they won't hit performance cliffs that let them keep their jobs or bonuses)

Agreed, and these kinds of short-term incentives are one of the problems with American companies. On the flip side...

Japanese companies think about products in decades -- the product line has to make money 10 years from now.

Some old European brands think about their brand in centuries -- this product made today has to be made with a process and materials that will make people in 100 years think that we made our products at the highest quality that was available to us at the time.

>>bonest+(OP)
Got any data to back this up or are you just spouting racist tropes?

>>callal+Q5
Making generalized claims about companies is racist now? I must've missed the memo.

I guess it makes sense. Companies are people, after all

>>bonest+(OP)
This is overly broad generalization that does not hold up to scrutiny.

Konami vs Kojima and any of the DieselGate companies come to mind.

>>hobo_i+3e
They're not making claims about companies, they're making claims about cultures (American, European, Japanese).

>>tremon+So1
No.

> American companies.

> Japanese companies

> Some old European brands

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