Businesses want information that is more timely and useful, particularly if it can directly and positively affect growth and profitability.

企业希望得到更加及时和有用的信息，尤其是能够直接、积极地影响到自身增长和盈利性的信息。

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Management information system (e.g. financial forecasting and customer profitability analysis).

信息系统管理，如财务预估、顾客利润分析。

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Employees and their representative groups are interested in information about the stability and profitability of their employers.

雇员及其代表性组织关心有关其雇主稳定性和获利能力方面的资料。

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When it comes to comparing companies, both within and across industries, the only margin measure that provides reliable information about profitability is the EVA margin.

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"Its management information focused on the performance of the firm's mortgage book and the profitability of the business, rather than on treating customers fairly, " the FSA said.

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Secondly, under the efficient market hypothesis, no single investor is ever able to attain greater profitability than another with the same amount of invested funds: their equal possession of information means they can only achieve identical returns.

FORBES: by Jason Van Bergen