calculation of profitability
11Royalty rate assessment — is a practical tool to gauge the impact of a royalty commitment in a technology contract to the business interests of the contracting parties. In this coverage, the terms royalty , royalty rate and royalties are used interchangeably.A firm with… …
12Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization - EBITDA — An indicator of a company s financial performance which is calculated in the following EBITDA calculation: EBITDA is essentially net income with interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization added back to it, and can be used to analyze and… …
13Customer lifetime value — Contents 1 Definition of Customer Lifetime Value 2 Calculation in customer retention cases 3 Uses and Advantages of CLV 4 References …
14Overall equipment effectiveness — (OEE) is a hierarchy of metrics which evaluates and indicates how effectively a manufacturing operation is utilized. The results are stated in a generic form which allows comparison between manufacturing units in differing industries. It is not… …
15Surplus value — is a concept created by Karl Marx in his critique of political economy, where its ultimate source is unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist, serving as a basis for capital accumulation.The German equivalent word Mehrwert… …
16Net present value — In finance, the net present value (NPV) or net present worth (NPW)[1] of a time series of cash flows, both incoming and outgoing, is defined as the sum of the present values (PVs) of the individual cash flows of the same entity. In the case when… …
17Net capital rule — The uniform net capital rule is a rule created by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) in 1975 to regulate directly the ability of broker dealers to meet their financial obligations to customers and other creditors.[1] Broker… …
18Unemployment — World unemployment rates[1] as of January 2009[update] Unemployment (or …
19Sumlock ANITA calculator — The ANITA Mark VII and ANITA Mark VIII calculators were launched simultaneously in late 1961 as the world s first all electronic desktop calculators. Designed and built by the Bell Punch Co. in Britain, and marketed through its Sumlock… …
20rating — An evaluation of credit quality of a company s debt issue by Thomson Financial BankWatch, Moody s, S&P, and Fitch Investors Service. investors and analysts use ratings to assess the riskiness of an investment. Ratings can also be an evaluation a… …
