Central bankers have also bet that QE would drive investors into riskier assets, reducing the required rate of return on new business investments.
"I need to make sure when we invest in an alternative drive train that at the end of the day it finds customers and that we see a return on that business, " says Mr Muller-Otvos.
She also knows that personal expenses of the couple were paid by the business, deducted on the business' income tax return, and not reported as income to the couple on Forms W-2 or 1099.
Heymann figures there's every chance that GE could average a 25% return on capital from the business, provided the company navigates the political waters properly.
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The return on investment of going to Harvard or another top-10 business school has remained relatively high, but the return on going to lesser schools is very questionable.
And that, of course, is the goal of a private-equity business: maximizing the return on investment.
Prudential is targeting 19% return-on-equity in its international business, and we believe it is on the right track.
"It's a high-velocity, high return-on-assets part of our business, " said Mr. Khanna.
Early on in our business, we learned that people who submit reviews return three times on average just to see if they posted.
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The Council's report, Business Travel - A Catalyst for Economic Performance, also finds that business travel yields a return on investment of ten to one (in the US, the return is larger - 12 to 1).
The report's authors, who received information from almost 25, 000 students and around 200 corporate recruiters, note that given the current economic climate, value for money -- or "return on investment" to use a suitable business school-style term -- was a key factor in determining this year's rankings.
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Still, Google doesn't yet know exactly "what the business model is for a return on investment, " he says.
Having accumulated more capital, insurers and reinsurers must write ever more business to prop up the return on it.
The kiosks are RadioShack's only source of revenue growth these days, but it's a non-core business that still provides little return on investment.
In 1994 I published "The MBA Advantage, " which introduced the first methodology for ranking business schools by the Return-on-Investment (ROI) of their MBA degrees.
In the fourth quarter, however, it reported a 10.48% return on average allocated equity in its consumer and business banking segment, an increase from 9.47% the previous quarter.
Its British retail-banking business earned a 34% return on capital.
Instead of inviting you to an IRS office or sending out an agent, you get a sternly worded letter demanding that you document some item on your return, often charitable contributions or business deductions.
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Banks could add two percentage points to their Return on Equity (ROE) by changing their business models, outsourcing some activities, partnering, turning to industry utilities rather than insisting on doing everything internally and perhaps divesting, according to IBM.
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But to be worthwhile, any development must be linked to the business strategy, with a clear return on investment.
Like anything in business, it comes down to return on investment.
Okay, you might say, this is surprising, but Apple will take its earnings and reinvest them in the business and earn high rates of return on that re-invested capital.
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Frankly its amazing that all this hubris pervades a business sector that under-delivers on return on capital for a decade or more.
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Less comfortable is the unregulated nature of the business--there is no guaranteed return on investment--and the non-telecoms-centric services they will be required to market and sell.
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