I don’t quite get your point anymore, and this is getting way off-topic now. Of course executives are flexible when needed, and meetings/decisions/travel happen during evenings, nights, or weekends if necessary. For years, large corporations/consulting firms/investment banks have had offices in India and elsewhere, where slides are prepared for executives/consultants/bankers overnight for the next morning’s meeting. So there are various ways to boost productivity, driven by global competition. It was the same in software development before AI, where projects were pushed forward across different time zones, sometimes working longer hours. Adding a second shift significantly increases profitability in every industry, provided there is matching demand—more in some sectors, less in others, of course. Competition across industries, especially among the largest ones, is fierce, and only companies willing to pursue productivity/meet customer needs by all possible means will survive.
Personally, among smaller companies, I believe the likes of Merus and Lapwall hold significant potential once second shifts are introduced. If they aren’t, it means either there’s no demand or the management of these companies is totally dropping the ball, which I don’t believe is the case. Let’s focus on analyzing Merus and hope for improvement for the companies—and hopefully a move to two shifts in the near future:)