Like seal hunting, an activity that had made many a family fortune back in the 1870s, whaling was becoming an unprofitable enterprise.

That is a clear sign that often the tough decisions to shut down inefficient and unprofitable enterprises are not being made.

The Government said the move was part of its plans to eliminate unprofitable enterprises.

He was a generous nian to his family, but he was not a man to Waste money in unprofitable enterprises.

No longer was the government to rescue unprofitable enterprises that could face bankruptcy.

Moreover, in the new market economy, unprofitable state-owned enterprises were pressured to cut costs.

In principle, unprofitable enterprises can be allowed to go out of business, though the bankruptcy procedure is cumbersome.

The idea of closing down the 'useless and unprofitable' enterprise emerged in 1881.

The government continued to procrastinate concerning public enterprises, holding only informal discussion of plans to liquidate unprofitable enterprises.

Government spending increased sharply as an increasing number of unprofitable enterprises required state support and consumer price subsidies to continue.