CUSTOMER PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS: CHALLENGES AND NEW DIRECTIONS Summary This article presents the concept of modifying cost accounting system in order to provide measurements from a customer profitability viewpoint. Most management accounting systems focus on products‚ departments or geographical areas‚ which have little to do with customers. A questionnaire was sent to marketing managers and marketing controllers and interviews with respondents. Much of this article draws on qualitative responses
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Profitability Ratios A class of financial metrics that are used to assess a business’s ability to generate earnings as compared to its expenses and other relevant costs incurred during a specific period of time. For most of these ratios‚ having a higher value relative to a competitor’s ratio or the same ratio from a previous period is indicative that the company is doing well. Gross Profit Margin A financial metric used to assess a firm’s financial health by revealing the proportion of
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Section B1: Financial ratio calculation and analysis 1. Introduction In this report‚ the profitability and liquidity of Super Retail Group Ltd (SUL) and The Reject Shop Ltd (TRS) will be compared by analysing these ratios-- return on assets‚ profit margin‚ gross profit rate‚ cash flow to sales ratio and acid ratio. In addition‚ we will also focus on the ratios change between the two companies from year 2010 to 2011 and reveal what these ratios illustrate and how they would influence the future
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Liquidity‚ liquidity‚ liquidity….. In the context of the events of the last few years just how important is liquidity to the survival and well-being of Financial Institutions? Some believe it has a greater influence on events than Capital! Discuss. (In this assignment you need to outline the role of liquidity‚ issues arising when liquidity is scarce and compare the role of liquidity to that of Capital but most importantly give your own view on these matters) Role of Liquidity Liquidity can
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End of Chapter Application Case 1. Why is beer flavor important to Coors’ profitability? Answer: Because our choices as drinkers depend on various factors such as the mood we’re in‚ the available venues out there‚ as well as the occasion‚ Coors believes if the company could understand the beer flavor based solely on its chemical composition‚ it would open new avenues in order to create beers that would suit almost every customer’s expectations. 2. What is the objective of the neural network
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2. An Overview on liquidity crisis: Demirguc-Kunt and Levine (1996)‚ Singh (1997) and Levine and Zervos (1998) find that stock market growth plays an important role in predicating future economic growth in situations where the stock markets are active. The arguments of Demirguc-Kunt et al. (1996) indicate that economies without well-functioning stock markets may suffer from three types of imperfections: first‚ opportunities for risk diversification are limited for investors and entrepreneurs‚ second
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Economic History Topic Report ECO 3183 Topic title: Profitability of Slavery Briefly state the two opposing views. A. Abolitionists condemned slavery based on moral‚ social‚ and economic reasons. Many believed that slaves were mistreated and were often subjected to corporal punishment. Others argued that the forced labor of blacks was inefficient and unproductive for various racial and economic reasons. Ulrich Phillip’s studies from the antebellum slavery in the south claimed that although
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LIQUIDITY PREFERENCE THEORY Definition (also called liquidity preference hypothesis) Observation that‚ all else being equal‚ people prefer to hold on to cash (liquidity) and that they will demand a premium for investing in non-liquid assets such as bonds‚ stocks and real estate. The theory suggests that the premium demanded for parting with cash increases as the period (term) for getting the cash back increases. The rate in the increase of this premium‚ however‚ slows down with the increase
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Supply and Demand in the Market for Money: The Liquidity Preference Framework Whereas the loanable funds framework determines the equilibrium interest rate using the supply of and demand for bonds‚ an alternative model developed by John Maynard Keynes‚ known as the liquidity preference framework‚ determines the equilibrium interest rate in terms of the supply of and demand for money. Although the two frameworks look different‚ the liquidity preference analysis of the market for money is closely
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Can profitability and morality coexist? Explain the statement in detail The largest companies in the nation have evolved over the years to find more ways to streamline operations‚ reduce waste‚ increase the productivity of their employees‚ preached corporate ethics to their employees‚ try to be involved with local communities by giving to the local youth clubs or donations to a regional cancer research center. But is this to be a good citizen of the community‚ or is it a show? There’s a view
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