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A Guide to Business Performance Measurements

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Edwin Whiting
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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Objectives and Scope

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 3-6

    3. Purposes and problems of measurement

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 7-12

    4. Plan of the book

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 13-17

    5. Income, value and cost

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 18-25

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 26-26
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  4. The Measures in Detail

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Turnover

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 29-42

    3. Gross margin

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 43-58

    4. Value added

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 59-80

    5. Operating profit

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 81-98

    6. Profit after interest

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 99-110

    7. Profit after taxation

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 111-137

    8. All-inclusive profit

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 138-150

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 151-151
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  6. Bases of Accounting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Accounting mechanics

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 155-162

    3. Historic cost

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 163-171

    4. Current cost

      • Edwin Whiting
      Pages 172-187
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About this book

Everyone in business wants to improve their performance. But how to choose between the bewildering number of ways in which success is measured? Do you choose cash flow, added value, operating ratios? - and what kind of profit measure suits your business? This book provides you with an easy-to-follow guide covering over 50 different measurements. It explains each measure's uses and describes the situations for which it is best suited, giving you the snags and merits.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Guide to Business Performance Measurements

  • Authors: Edwin Whiting

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07472-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Edwin Whiting 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-37416-0Published: 20 February 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-07474-7Published: 01 January 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-07472-3Published: 21 February 1986

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 320

  • Topics: International Business, Management, Industries

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