BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Factor
- a variable investigated in a statistical study
Wiktionary Definition for: Factor
- doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization
- Ex: ''The '''factor''' of the trading post bought the furs.''
- an integral part
- Ex:''The greatest '''factor''' in the decision was the need for public transportation.''
- Ex:''The economy was a '''factor''' in this year's budget figures.''
- (''Mathematics'') a whole number by which another whole number can be divided with no remainder
- Ex:''Three is a '''factor''' of 12.''
- (''Root Cause Analysis'') influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence
- Ex:''The launch temperature was a '''factor''' of the Challenger disaster.''
- To find all of a number's factors (the numbers which divide into the first number evenly), often used in encryption
- doer, maker; one who or which does or makes something
Additional Resources
- Forecasting Ability of the Fama and French Three-Factor Model - Implications for Capital Budgeting
- In this white paper the model-based estimation of the cost of capital, the common practice uses the average historical factor premiums as a proxy for the estimated factor premiums. But evidence shows that the common practice generates very inaccurate estimates. The article proposed an alternative way to estimate factor premiums...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Continental reports February traffic with a load factor of 76.0%
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) has reported a February consolidated mainline plus regional load factor of 76.0%. The load factor represents a 2.1 points increase from last year's February consolidated load factor. Continental also reported a mainline load factor of 76.1%, which is...
- Research articles 2006-03-02
- Jedward - Labour and Conservatives jump on the bandwagon with X Factor themed political ads
- Last night the magnificent Jedward were voted off of the X Factor TV show. I have previously written about how the impact of the X Factor show has produced an echo and reached out far wider than the TV set - with enormous discussion being prompted on social...
- News items 2009-11-23
- Hoax factor? Gillette has denied British newspaper and television claims this week that recent X Factor winner, Shayne Ward, has been signed to the brand.(INTERNATIONAL NEWS)
- HOAX FACTOR? Gillette has denied British newspaper and television claims this week that recent X Factor winner, Shayne Ward, has been signed to the brand. A spokeswoman for the shaving giant which currently ... HOAX FACTOR? Gillette has denied British newspaper and television claims this...
- Research articles 2006-04-21
- Power Factor Study Reduces Energy Costs at Aluminum Extrusion Plant
- In 1999, Alcoa North American Extrusions NAE conducted a power factor study at their facility in Spanish Fork, Utah. Low power factors waste money directly because of higher electricity bills, and indirectly by reducing the efficiency and capacity of the plant distribution system and the productivity of the equipment it...
- Case studies
- The X Factor Makes it Through to Sony PlayStation 2.
- LONDON, September 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The UK's biggest televised talent search, The X Factor, is about to make a sensational debut on Sony PlayStation 2 in the highly anticipated game, The X Factor Sing! LONDON, September 28 /PRNewswire/...
- Research articles 2005-09-28
- Shuttle XPC Barebone SD30G2: A Cost-Effective Small Form Factor PC With Intel Chipset.
- ELMSHORN, Germany, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Shuttle Inc., small form factor SFF PC market leader and manufacturer of multi form factor solutions, today introduced another compact XPC Barebone supporting Intel Core 2 Duo processors and Windows Vist ELMSHORN, Germany, May 8 /PRNewswire/...
- Research articles 2007-05-08
- VME board makers defend 9U form factor. (VMEbus, 366.8-by-400 millimeters)
- VME board makers defend 9U form factor SANTA CLARA, CA--The days of the 9U form factor, which stipulates 366.8 X 400-mm boards are numbered. Support for the triple-height VME option seems to be eroding now that Sun Microsystems, which pushed the unc VME board makers...
- Research articles 1991-01-24
- Heinz UK Selects M-Factor to Optimize Marketing Investments
- SAN MATEO, Calif. -- M-Factor, Inc. (www.m-factor.com), a provider of marketing investment management systems that helps leading consumer marketing organizations maximize their ROI, today announced that the UK Affiliate of the HJ Heinz Company recently selected M-Factor's M3 for management of marketing and trade spending across strategic categories. M-Factor will...
- Research articles 2007-05-16
- -CONTINENTAL AIRLINES: Continental Airlines reports the highest monthly load factor in company history
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 August 1998-CONTINENTAL AIRLINES: Continental Airlines reports the highest monthly load factor in company history C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:070898 Continental Airlines has recently announced a system-wide load factor of 77.2 per cent in July, the highest monthly load factor ever in Continental's...
- Research articles 1998-08-10
- Air Canada Reports May Traffic; Domestic passenger load factor at 79.7%; System passenger load factor at 78.5% -- highest ever for May.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 June 2004-AIR CANADA: Air Canada Reports May Traffic; Domestic passenger load factor at 79.7; System passenger load factor at 78.5 -- highest ever for MayC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06042004 MONTREAL /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada mainline flew 25.4 per...
- Research articles 2004-06-07
- Delta reports record February mainline load factor
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ.PK) has reported record mainline load factor results for February 2007. Delta said it achieved its highest ever February load factor for its mainline system, 74.4% with a previous high of 74.2% in 2006, including mainline domestic, 76.7%...
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- X-Factor Fallout
- Incumbent local exchange carriers will emerge the win-ners, longdistance companies the losers if the FCC throws out its current "X-factor" of 6.5 percent (CT, 5/24). Under one scenario envisioned by FCC officials, Friday's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C., could compel the agency to use an earlier...
- Research articles 1999-05-25
- Western Pacific Airlines announces September load factor
- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 3, 1995--Western Pacific's September passenger load factor of 55.1% was announced today.This brings WestPAC's year-to-date load factor to 65.5%."We're very pleased with the September load factor," said Tom DeNardin, vice president of sales and marketing for Western Pacific. "The airline industry traditionally experiences a reduced load...
- Research articles 1995-10-03
- Tara Hunt: The Whuffie Factor
- [caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Tara Hunt"][/caption] Tara Hunt is a name that means a lot to Social Media experts but enterprise marketers should be familiar with her earlier attempts at promoting a new form of marketing philosophy entitled Pinko Marketing, the aim of which was to prolong...
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- PROVIDING VALUE ADDED A BIG FACTOR FOR FACTOR GAS LIQUIDS
- Barry Vosburg knows natural gas liquids. Formerly with Gibson Gas Liquids and Nova Chemicals, and now at the helm of Factor Gas Liquids Inc., all while residing in Sarnia, Ontario, he has been involved in the retail/wholesale and broker/distributor end of the business most of his working life. About a...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Fama-French Three Factor Model - I
- This article describes Fama-French Three Factor Model, which is a highly useful tool for understanding portfolio performance, measuring the impact of active management, portfolio construction, and estimating future returns. The Three Factor Model has replaced Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAP-M) as the most widely accepted explanation of stock prices taken...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Estimating Bank Trading Risk: A Factor Model Approach
- Risk in bank trading portfolios and its management are potentially important to the banks' soundness and to the functioning of securities and derivatives markets. In this paper, proprietary daily trading revenues of 6 large dealer banks are used to study the bank dealers' market risks using a market factor model...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Capital Stocks, Capital Services And Multi-Factor Productivity Measures
- Measures of productivity are central to the assessment of economic growth. Measures of multi-factor total factor productivity or of capital productivity rely on the availability of statistical series on the prices and quantities of capital services that enter the production process. Unfortunately, to date only a small number of countries...
- White papers 2005-12-06
- Continental Airlines reports record load factor and strong year-end traffic
- HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 6, 1997--Continental Airlines today reported for 1996 an all-time record high single-year load factor -- 68.1 percent. The full year 1996 load factor was 2.5 points higher than 1995. In addition, the company recorded a December load factor of 67.6 percent, representing a 4.0 point increase...
- Research articles 1997-01-06
