Box 10.1 Direct Product Profitability Equation The more…

“The key to profitability for manufacturers is to make their brands non-substitutable in the eyes of consumers, and the best way of achieving that…

— Greg Thain

I would argue that search has made the world a better place. It has done so for reasons that arbitrarily could completely change that…

— Jonathon Keats

“the real key is to be able to figure out what the average profitability of the business will be over the long term and…

— Daniel Pecaut

Getting to profitability does not mean all our problems are solved.

— Julia Hartz

We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help…

— Charles Koch

A policy of subsidizing failures will end in an economy strewn with capital-guzzling industries long past their time of profitability - old companies that…

— George Gilder

Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.

— Howard Schultz

The fact is, there's no single magic number that defines profitability for a game.

— Reggie Fils-Aime

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on…

— Todd Gitlin

Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are…

— Howard Schultz

The success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we're doing business, were trying to…

— Howard Schultz

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I don't care about awards and public image. We know the business of entertainment. We worship our work, we worship our clients and we…

— Shailender Singh

We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are…

— Warren Buffett

“Competition on dimensions other than price - on product features, support services, delivery time, or brand image, for instance - is less likely to…

— Michael E. Porter