An investment in Amazon now is a bet on a much higher sales and profit base five years down the road.
They incentivize for a short-term goal of delivering greater than budgeted results, rather than for base-store profit growth year over year.
"Nissan's never been represented in that segment with a market share or profit base up to our potential, so we are expecting a lot from our new Versa, " the British-born executive said.
The company has proven it is generating, and growing, revenue, profit and user base.
In Andhra Pradesh (AP), the Indian state with the most microfinance borrowers and the base for the biggest for-profit MFIs, local politicians have bullied the business to a virtual halt.
Instead of the standard 1, 000 rand a month in salary, he offered the Orkney miners a base salary of 750 rand plus a profit-sharing bonus that could double their pay.
Base compensation provided the agency with a reasonable profit margin.
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Several years ago many Eurozone banks made 70-80% of their profit from the wealthiest one-fifth of the customer base.
Boasting a solid base in mortgage financing, the bank is seen as offering good long-term profit.
One great way to keep setting profit records is to squeeze more work out of the smallest possible employee base.
Also, stocks will typically consolidate after advancing 20% to 25%, so instead of waiting out the consolidation, I take advantage by reallocating my 20% profit to another stock that is breaking out from a consolidation period or base pattern.
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Although subscription pricing and profit margins are both higher in the TV and Internet segments, the subscriber base is very low compared to the mobile market, which results in lower gross profits.
So a valuation would hone in on the historical profit of the practice and try to project forward how large and loyal the customer base is.
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She says it's very expensive for airlines to develop new routes, typically waiting three years before making a profit, and her prospective airline clients see the UK as an unfriendly place to base their development plans while tax is high and rising.
Little of the profit from cocaine filters back to those who grow coca, and process it into cocaine base.
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Dresdner's cost base is high, while Commerzbank's announcement on Thursday that its retail and commercial banking operating profit was poised for double-digit growth this year, shows that it's doing just fine as is, according to Becker.
What Chrysler needs, more than ever, is a mass-market partner that can provide the global reach and economies of scale it needs to make a decent profit selling cars to America's middle class and to expand beyond its North American base.
Amazon plans to recoup its investment in the Kindle Fire, and earn a little profit by selling digital content like e-books, music and movies to the large Kindle Fire user base.
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