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  2. Profit model - Wikipedia

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    The profit model is the linear, deterministic algebraic model used implicitly by most cost accountants. Starting with, profit equals sales minus costs, it provides a structure for modeling cost elements such as materials, losses, multi-products, learning, depreciation etc.

  3. Profitability analysis - Wikipedia

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    In order to perform a profitability analysis, all costs of an organisation have to be allocated to output units by using intermediate allocation steps and drivers. This process is called costing. When the costs have been allocated, they can be deducted from the revenues per output unit. The remainder shows the unit margin of a product, client ...

  4. Optimality model - Wikipedia

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    In biology, optimality models are a tool used to evaluate the costs and benefits of different organismal features, traits, and characteristics, including behavior, in the natural world. This evaluation allows researchers to make predictions about an organism's optimal behavior or other aspects of its phenotype .

  5. Productivity model - Wikipedia

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    The model is linked to the profit and loss statement so that profitability is expressed as a function of productivity, volume and unit prices. Productivity and volume are the variables of a production function, and using them makes it is possible to describe the real process.

  6. Optimal foraging theory - Wikipedia

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    The model predicts that foragers should ignore low profitability prey items when more profitable items are present and abundant. [10] The profitability of a prey item is dependent on several ecological variables. E is the amount of energy (calories) that a prey item provides the predator.

  7. Managerial economics - Wikipedia

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    Managerial economics uses explanatory variables such as output, price, product quality, advertising, and research and development to maximise net benefits. Mathematical model analysis; The use of econometric analysis has grown with the development of economics and management, as has the use of differential calculus to determine profit maximisation.

  8. Profit Impact of Market Strategy - Wikipedia

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    The Profit Impact of Market Strategy [1] (PIMS) program is a project that uses empirical data to try to determine which business strategies make the difference between success and failure. It is used to develop strategies for resource allocation and marketing .

  9. Product life-cycle theory - Wikipedia

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    The Product Life Cycle Theory is an economic theory that was developed by Raymond Vernon in response to the failure of the Heckscher–Ohlin model to explain the observed pattern of international trade. The theory suggests that early in a product's life-cycle all the parts and labor associated with that product come from the area where it was ...