2010 Books Depreciation EBITDA 
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 27, 2012
Now the largest beer company in the world, AB InBev reported a double digit EBITDA growth rate and almost 30% growth in earnings per share. The Brazilian company AmBev, already at 20% EBITDA in 2000, increased its margins to a whopping 36% in 2003. Anheuser's EBITDA in 2007, prior to its acquisition, was 23%.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 11, 2012
The book retail platform was not yet burning. By 2010, it would have been too late to act, as we saw with the Border's bankruptcy. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) is the equivalent of corporate blood pressure. But the flames were about to rise. Consider how narrow B&N's window was.
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