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A Refresher on Marketing ROI

Harvard Business Review

While MROI is not usually public information, managers can use published financial statement data to estimate MROI for a competitor. Some companies establish a threshold for MROI that takes into account its risk tolerance and cost of capital, below which they are hesitant to make investments.

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What Your Stock Price Is Really Means

Harvard Business Review

Rappaport showed that, in setting a price, the market offers a clear signal that can inform operational and financial decisions. Gaps between those sets of expectations supply management with a basis for decision making. Rappaport made no claims that the market is correct, only that it contains information managers can use.

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