Of course, localism has already become popular, both as a means to reduce one's carbon footprint and as a measure of returning to the rhythms of the natural season after years of imported fruits and vegetables have made seasonality nearly meaningless.
This applies to the number of results returned, values of similarity measures for returned proteins and the content of the result set.
He is aiming for a doubt digit return on equity – a measure of return for shareholders – in the next five years.
With spending gobbling so much of the spoils, the closely watched measure of return on capital deployed is under pressure.
The only true measure of returns is the cash that is received when the portfolio firms are sold, either to other companies or through an IPO.
The company's Sharpe ratio, a measure of return per unit of risk, is higher than that of any other share that has traded for a period of at least 30 years since 1926.Recently, though, it has not been outperforming.
According to HOLT Value Associates, a consultancy, Target has improved its "cashflow return on investment" (a measure of returns that strips out depreciation) more than any other American retailer since 1995.But in terms of overall returns, as well as sheer size, Target still lags Wal-Mart, retailing's gold standard.
There is a small number of key business ratios that Emerson follows closely year in, year out in particular, free cash-flow and its own measure of return on capital.Like 3M, it also keeps a careful eye on the share of its sales coming from new products.
I use panel attrition as a measure of return migration.
The first performance measure used in this study is Jensen's Alpha, known as absolute risk-adjusted measure of returns.
Sharpe Ratio The second performance measure is Sharpe Ratio, also known as relative risk-adjusted measure of returns, developed by Sharpe in 1966 and derived from Capital Market Line.
