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Competitive forces = the underlying drivers of profitability P.25
MICHAEL E. PORTER Whirlpool is hitting on all cylinders despite a challenging cost environment. You're going to see un...
CRAIG HUTSON Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industry�...
MICHAEL E. PORTER The underlying profitability of the business has been adversely affected by increasing mine costs an...
TONY PALMER A year ago, we said we would improve our profitability through an unrelenting focus on costs, on pro...
CEO LAURENT BEAUDOIN There's not any profitability there, ... Those two stores were probably not going to come back to pr...
JAMES GARNER It pressures AOL's profitability but [is] potentially a positive longer-term if AOL executes on its ...
DOUG MITCHELSON We feel very good about delivering solid profitability while reaching our goal of 4 weeks of channel...
FRED ANDERSON
Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit. JERRY MARTIN We have maintained our focus on group profitability.
KATE SWANN We think that their profitability going forward will benefit from this.
JANE COFFEY Investors want to see profitability now. Not two years from now.
JEFFREY SILBER You can't cost-reduce yourself to profitability.
ANNE STEVENS This was good profitability on very good revenue growth.
ERIC COLDWELL [Open source] has a tremendous impact on the profitability of the business.
GREG GIANFORTE Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strateg...
BILL CASADY With Eduardo Castro-Wright making changes at the helm, we believe Wal-Mart is reaching an inflection...
DEBORAH WEINSWIG British Airways is going to have to focus more and more of its activity on the long-haul markets. An...
CHRIS PARTRIDGE We remain focused on our primary goal of returning Apple to sustainable profitability,
FRED ANDERSON They laid it on the line that the Nine Network would be run for profitability rather than ratings go...
CRAIG SHEPHERD The Company is working aggressively to continue this trend toward profitability.
THOMAS AIKEN Profitability in the first-quarter and beyond is going to continue to be strong and the broader econ...
BEN HALLIBURTON Signing them is one thing, but bringing them to profitability is another.
DON MCMAHAN We sell pounds of lint, but its value is a function of fiber quality. These are profitability factor...
DR. RANDY BOMAN Lucent has experienced some delay in executing its restructuring plan but [we] believe that the comp...
ARIANE MAHLER Continued heightened competition could hurt profitability.
ANTHONY NOTO That was exactly as expected. When we did our IPO a year ago, we projected that second quarter of th...
FERNANDO ESPUELAS You can only do so much in asset-backed before you're hurting your profitability.
DAVID HENDLER The keywords for me are predictability and visibility. Now that we have achieved profitability I wan...
DOMINIC ORR Sumitomo Mitsui owes more than the other banks, yet its profitability is very good. It's not surpris...
YOJI TAKEDA The large increase in profitability was due to the bank's strong expansion in retail lending, especi...
DIMITRIS HARALAMBOPOULOS You've got to give them credit. They're showing better levels of profitability on lower volumes.
ELI LUSTGARTEN should grow in proportion to increases in corporate profitability.
THE COMMITTEE The plan for 2000 was not profitability.
JOE MANSUETO While sales were weaker than anticipated, profitability increased on the back of cost-cutting.
IVY ZELMAN We will put the priority on investment rather than profitability for the time being.
MAKOTO EBATA It's now focused on the profitability of accounts instead of the number of accounts.
JEFFERY HARTE They have an innovative approach to the airline business - profitability.
JULI NIEMANN Going forward, we will continue to closely control costs while investing in key markets to maximize ...
BRIAN HALLA Discounting is not working. They are sacrificing profitability and not getting volumes.
MARK SWARTZBERG Expanding operating profitability in the future will continue to remain a priority focus,
SERGE TCHURUK Higher capacity utilization will support profitability especially in a cyclical downturn.
FRANK BILLER I think steel's going to recover to robust profitability for surviving companies for the most part d...
JOHN TUMAZOS It's obvious there's an impact [on earnings]; that's why we are cutting output to support our profit...
DEON DREYER The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.
CHRIS GIBSON
The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability... TODD GITLIN Our top priority is to bring North America back to profitability as quickly as possible.
GINA PROIA Cost cutting alone won't return North American automotive operations to profitability.
CRAIG HUTSON Apple is a miracle stock. Its products are incredibly popular and its profitability is stellar. If i...
MATT KRANTZ It is difficult to have high profitability in an industry where the investment is so big.
GAO FENG
Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage ... CARLOS SLIM Our productivity drive is indispensable to the maintenance of market share and improvement in profit...
EDOUARD MICHELIN Typically, they are faster to generate revenue and, hopefully, faster to profitability.
EDWARD TENTHOFF The IT (Information Technology) industry is experiencing its worst downturn since 1985, ... Against ...
DAVID POTTER
Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work. ZIG ZIGLAR His background is much more on the operational side, and that's a positive because that's what 3Com ...
MANUEL RECAREY We're going to look at (slowing deliveries) very seriously as we look at our routes and where the ca...
DAVID NEELEMAN I think the only way to maintain profitability is to meet the needs of the customers.
OFRA STRAUSS we are committed to returning to profitability in the fourth quarter and building on that positive m...
ANNE MULCAHY At a minimum what we can do is follow the money. If we take away the profitability, it is going to b...
ERNIE ALLEN The model didn't necessarily provide better customer satisfaction or profitability.
KEN CARRIG This strategy dampens near-term profitability in favor of expansion.
DOUG SIMPSON (Forward) continues to operate its business flawlessly and each quarter management seems to improve ...
EDWARD WOLFE The continued low-priced, high-volume assault on the U.S. market by Chinese activated carbon is dest...
DAVID HARTQUIST Their profitability hasn't been shining. They need to work harder on higher technology nodes, and ge...
CHRISTINE WU We will focus on improving profitability this year and introduce more international brands to China ...
FRANK WANG As the transition from print to the Web takes place, I think there is a profitability that is being ...
BERNIE LUNZER Overall, I would certainly agree that it is not helpful that these costs are increasing, but also it...
DAVID HARGREAVES
Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital ve... JEFF BEZOS The quarter was pretty much as expected, which is solid profitability and good cash flow.
EDWARD SNYDER [Still,] profitability has increased each year, ... very little debt and a strong balance sheet.
CHARLES SAUNDERS The robust hopes for capital spending aren't yet realized, but there's clearly an improvement. IBM's...
MARC HEILWEIL Unfortunately, this route had not met profitability levels that are necessary to sustain operations.
ISABELLE ARTHUR We are confident that our continued focus on improving key metrics such as the amount of transaction...
HAMED SHAHBAZI
The standard business model for corporations is to lie, confuse and deny anything that may threaten ... STEVEN MAGEE The industry has performed very well. We've seen record levels of profitability.
JACK PHELPS Financial and operating results are not where they need to be, but we believe we have turned the cor...
DICK DAVIDSON In this market, express delivery on a global basis, we're confident the long- term outlook for growt...
DAN ORTWERTH It was a very long dispute which didn't have to happen, given the profitability of the corporation.
BOB CHERNECKI
Wall Street is always too biased toward short-term profitability and biased against long-term growth... PETER THIEL I believe that the basic planks of our strategy ... are a good foundation for a return to profitabil...
ROD EDDINGTON The merger will have a big impact on retailers. This will likely trigger consolidation within the in...
YOSHIHISA OKAMOTO The overall decline in our boys' business hurt toys' profitability because that is a high margin bus...
ALFRED VERRECCHIA We are confident that we can return this company to its previous height..., ... We are relaxed about...
ARUN SARIN GE is falling under the same cloud of the market as a whole. Investors are not focused on the positi...
JAMES FISHER Some integration of businesses and coverage areas should help raise efficiency and profitability.
EIJI MAEDA
I am confident that we have a high quality business and, with a much-reduced cost base, I believe we... ANDY TAYLOR After the bubble, the whole sector really started to crash and burn. But just like there was excess ...
MARK ROWEN Oil is once again robbing the industry of a return to profitability. Cost reductions and efficiency ...
GIOVANNI BISIGNANI This is our eighth consecutive quarter of delivering on our promises to achieve a significant turnar...
CHRISTOPHER B. GALVIN We've been operating at a loss there for some time. It's being done to return operations there to pr...
RAY ATKINSON At this point, real wages are falling [and] profit margins are rising, so the offset to the stupid b...
CHARLES DUMAS At this point, real wages are falling [and] profit margins are rising, so the offset to the stupid b...
CHARLES DUMAS We think this will enable C-COR to reach profitability earlier. We believe management is undertaking...
BRIAN COYNE It's very much steady Eddie. Microsoft showed nice growth and better levels of profitability.
DAVID HILAL Yahoo's revenue in the quarter was just below consensus, with profitability lagging further behind.
HEATH TERRY They wish to have a more diversified portfolio, which offers at the same time good profitability and...
PAULO SAMPAIO We decided our goal was to shift from pure pursuit of market share to pursuit of profitability,
CHARLES ARDAI Last month we announced the largest reorganization in our company's history. This acquisition reflec...
JOE MOGLIA It's just good old-fashioned profitability. No smoke, no mirrors. And they have a chief financial of...
DANIEL KUNSTLER
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