Let's call it Global Businessball. The game isn't about producing exciting products and services that could make the world a better place. Those are merely byproducts. A high EPS total keeps the fans, or shareholders, happy. After posting four consecutive quarters of EPS gains, the team becomes a certifiable winner.
More fans support it.
And the team gets to add players. A failure to produce gains for a quarter, however, puts a team in survival mode. If the team underperforms for more than three quarters, fans boo from the sidelines. A team that slips for four consecutive quarters is declared a loser. Fans desert it and switch their allegiance to winning teams.