and profit margins remain vulnerable. Yet they are compelled to support faster and more frequent new product introductions – another outcome of fierce global competition. They have to do so with hands tied behind their backs‚ because they lack the ROI data to make a compelling case for suitable budgets. And today‚ the corporate marketing department no longer has the influence it once enjoyed. Financial pressures‚ a shift in channel power‚ and marketing’s inability to document its contribution
Premium Marketing
performance across divisions of different sizes. Divisional income is most meaningful as a performance measure when compared to the same division in prior periods‚ or to budgeted income for the division. Return on Investment: Return on investment (ROI) is calculated as: Return on Investment = Divisional Income Divisional Investment The
Premium Investment Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Rate of return
FISCAL POLICY AS AN ECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEASURE Fiscal Policy refers to the various decisions undertaken by the government regarding public expenditures and revenue. There are a large number of sub-policies that are encompassed by the fiscal system. But all the policies can be broadly categorized as being either ‘Public Expenditure’ or ‘Public Revenue’. It can be said that the fiscal policy is a direct government intervention in the economic processes of an economy. The fiscal policy
Premium Macroeconomics Keynesian economics Economics
While I was looking for an appropriate topic for research‚ I found an interesting publication‚ which fitted best to the subject (ethics in managerial accounting issues) and also included 5 good examples examples of possible problems associated with the field. The method of the study seemed unclear‚ especially considering the connection between the serial number of a dollar bill and the question to which the respondent had to answer in the end (in my work I will constantly refer back to the text
Premium Cost accounting Investment Ethics
Name of the Researcher – Dr. Y. S. Vaishampayan Abstract: The Role of Subsidiary Companies from the Perspectives of Growth and Development THEME - Role of Competition‚ Flexibility and Trade in Economic Growth This Research Paper throws light on the efforts of Indian corporations in their objectives of maximization of shareholders wealth. To achieve this‚ they have taken the route of subsidiarization. This Paper only takes the results achieved by Indian business corporations in fulfilling
Premium Subsidiary Holding company Parent company
representatives‚ ROI on detailing is in decline. Therefore‚ maximizing field force productivity is vital to the future success of all pharmaceutical companies. Sales Force Structures and Strategies 2001 is an in-depth examination of pharmaceutical sales force structures in the seven major national markets and the factors that impact sales force return on investment. Datamonitor presents measures of field force productivity and evaluates how sales forces can be developed to maximize ROI. Contents:
Premium Marketing Sales process engineering Sales force management system
companies in different countries may adopt different accounting standards‚ which makes the financial statement not comparable. Calculation on ROI‚ RI and EVA for subunits that operate in different countries needs to be adjusted for differences in inflation and changes in the exchange rates. Barrows currently uses two primary performance measures‚ Profit and ROI‚ for its established divisions in the U.S.‚ Canada‚ Europe and Japan. It is misleading to rely only on these two figures to compare its new
Premium Balance sheet Investment Southeast Asia
| Exercise 11-6 (continued) |3. |[pic] | Exercise 11-7 (20 minutes) 1. ROI computations: [pic] Perth: [pic] Darwin: [pic] | 2. | |Perth |Darwin | | |Average operating assets
Premium Investment Rate of return Net present value
Recommendation The Abrams case is about using profitability measures to evaluate profit centers. In EU companies it is more common to evaluate PCs with Income measures like RI and EVA. It is very difficult to find a relevant and fair capital base for the ROI measure. Abrams use book
Premium Inventory Price Control
The ROI case for smart cards in the enterprise The benefits of a converged logical and physical access solution A Datamonitor white paper prepared for Publication Date: November 2004 www.datamonitor.com Datamonitor USA 4th floor‚ 245 Fifth Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10016 USA t: +1 212 686 7400 f: +1 212 686 2626 e: usinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor Europe Charles House 108-110 Finchley Road London NW3 5JJ United Kingdom t: +44 20 7675 7000 f: +44 20 7675 7500 e: eurinfo@datamonitor.com Datamonitor
Premium Access control Smart card Computer security