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  2. Profitability index - Wikipedia

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    Profitability index (PI), also known as profit investment ratio (PIR) and value investment ratio (VIR), is the ratio of payoff to investment of a proposed project.It is a useful tool for ranking projects because it allows you to quantify the amount of value created per unit of investment.

  3. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    In this equation, Ke (COE) equals the anticipated return from the difference (Beta) of investment yields from a return based on market expectations (Rm) [9] and a Risk Free Rate (Rf), such as Treasury Bills or Bonds. KIBOR – Karachi Interbank Offered Rate; KPI – Key Performance Indicator, a type of performance measurement. An organization ...

  4. FIFO and LIFO accounting - Wikipedia

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    The difference between the cost of an inventory calculated under the FIFO and LIFO methods is called the LIFO reserve (in the example above, it is $750, i.e. $5250 - $4500). This reserve, a form of contra account , is essentially the amount by which an entity's taxable income has been deferred by using the LIFO method.

  5. Purchase order - Wikipedia

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    Although a typical purchase order may not be worded as a contract (in fact most contain little more than a list of the goods or services the buyer desires to purchase, along with price, payment terms, and shipping instructions), the purchase order is a specially regarded instrument regulated by the Uniform Commercial Code or other similar law which establishes a purchase order as a contract by ...

  6. Purchase price allocation - Wikipedia

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    The difference between the $8 and $24 is $16B in write-up-- the values of the net identifiable assets are in effect increased to 3 times the value reported on the original balance sheet. The difference between the $24B and $30B is $6B in goodwill acquired through the transaction—the excess of the purchase price paid over the FV of the net ...

  7. Chart of accounts - Wikipedia

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    The terms equity [for profit enterprise] or net assets [not-for-profit enterprise] represent the residual interest in the assets of an entity that remains after deducting its liabilities (CF E61). Equity accounts include common stock, paid-in capital, and retained earnings. Equity accounts can vary depending where an entity is domiciled as some ...

  8. Measures of national income and output - Wikipedia

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    A variety of measures of national income and output are used in economics to estimate total economic activity in a country or region, including gross domestic product (GDP), Gross national income (GNI), net national income (NNI), and adjusted national income (NNI adjusted for natural resource depletion – also called as NNI at factor cost).

  9. Expected value of perfect information - Wikipedia

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    The expected value of perfect information is the difference between these two quantities, EVPI = EV | PI − EMV . {\displaystyle {\mbox{EVPI}}={\mbox{EV}}|{\mbox{PI}}-{\mbox{EMV}}.} This difference describes, in expectation, how much larger a value the player can hope to obtain by knowing j and picking the best i for that j , as compared to ...