Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
I won't close down a business of subnormal profitability merely to add a fraction of a point to our corporate returns. I also feel it inappropriate for even an exceptionally profitable company to fund an operation once it appears to have unending losses in prospect. Adam Smith would disagree with my first proposition and Karl Marx would disagree with my second; the middle ground is the only position that leaves me comfortable.
And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore baseball's profitability by 'running the game like a business. '
Capitalism doesn't consider morality. It considers profitability.
Profitability is the sovereign criterion of the enterprise.
Profitability is the consequence of doing business in the right way, to honor God.
In the simplest sense, the key to the performance of any traditional commercial bank. . . is the profitability of the loans it makes.
If you're trying to get to profitability by lowering costs as a startup then you are in a very precarious and difficult position. You need to grow through profitability.
Profitability is where growth takes place.
Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.
Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.
Everybody ought to relish profitability.
Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable.
We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help it.
Profitability is where the country grows and everybody rises up with it.
Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.
We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. . . Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
