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Business Definition for: Bottom Line

  • the net profit or loss that a company makes at the end of a given period of time, used in the calculation of the earnings-per-share business ratio
  • work that produces net gain for an organization

Wiktionary Definition for: Bottom Line

  • #(''accounting'') The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
  • # idiom The summary or result; the most important information; the upshot.
  • Ex:''The '''bottom line''' is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do.''

Additional Resources

Congratulations to--.(Who, what, when & where)
Martin Edelson, founder and president of Boardroom Inc., who has been named a 2005 inductee into the Direct Marketing Association's Hall of Fame. Marty founded Boardroom 30 years ago, and today it is a multimillion-dollar publishing enterprise. He publishes Bottom Line/Personal,...
Tags: Direct Marketing Association, FINANCE, mail-order, MARKETING, newsletter, SALES, Taxes
Research articles 2005-07-17
LI-based Symbol Technologies' bottom line benefits from settling
Sometimes former executives can have an impact on the bottom line.
Tags: Symbol Technologies Inc.
Research articles 2004-11-05
Macrovision: to protect the bottom line. (benefits of anti-piracy protection for video recordings)
Macrovision: To protect the bottom line Macrovision: To protect the bottom line
Tags: antipiracy, benefit, Macrovision Corp., video
Research articles 1992-01-10
LOW BOTTOM LINE = DON'T LOWER THE BOTTOM.
LOW BOTTOM LINE = DON'T LOWER THE BOTTOM: It looks like the economist hired by the Environmental Protection Agency EPA to review the Corps' cost-benefit analysis for the proposed deepening of the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal from 35 feet to 40 feet will not be...
Tags: economist, Transportation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-01-24
E-Procurement: Turn 'Just In Time' Into Bottom Line Savings; Unisys Webcast Delivers the Knowledge Needed to Impact the Bottom Line for Corporate Purchasing Decisions
Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers
Tags: e-procurement, JIT, knowledge, Unisys Corp., Webcast
Research articles 2001-03-01
Human Capital And Bottom Line Performance
The drive to show human capital investments as part of an organization's bottom line is part of living in a data driven society. However, the most significant driver is the critical role that training will provide in bridging the skills gap faced by organizations who want to remain competitive. The...
Tags: Performance, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2007-01-08
The Bottom Line on Integrity.(Books in Brief)(Book Review)
The Bottom Line on Integrity The Bottom Line on Integrity
Tags: Books
Research articles 2005-05-01
Putting the environment on the bottom line.
Mar 07, 2006 (Environmental Business - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Delegates participating in the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting have discussed the issue of a triple bottom line requirement for ...
Tags: Davos, environment, Switzerland, World Economic Forum
Research articles 2006-03-07
Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., On Balance Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11 -- SPEED AWARD HONORS BROADER BOTTOM LINE: Brad Googins likes to talk of a "broadened bottom line," a way of evaluating a company's performance by intangibles -- how well employees are treated, which causes the employer takes on...
Tags: Boston College, Strategy
Research articles 1999-02-11
mySAP Supplier Relationship Management - At a Glance
Bottom-line results are the focus of every company competing in today's tough economy. To improve the bottom line, you have two choices - grow revenues or decrease costs. In a sluggish economy, revenue growth is challenging at best. Fortunately, the cost-reduction side of the equation is vastly more promising. By...
Tags: mySAP, SAP AG, Supplier Relationship Management, mySAP SRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Purchasing & Procurement, Channel Management, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Marketing, Sales
White papers 2005-04-01
Amtrak bottom-line improvement continues
WASHINGTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 7, 1995--Amtrak's plan for focusing on customers and improving its financial bottom line is still on track, according to the company's third quarter financial report.
Tags: financial
Research articles 1995-08-07
An Introduction to Bottom-Line Human Resource Management
"This article explains to managers and academics a new approach to human resource management, what I call “Bottom-Line Human Resource Management.” Bottom-line human resource management starts by positing clear organizational goals, and in this way differs from strategic human resource management, which starts with analysis of the organization’s human resource...
Tags: Human Resources, Organizational Structure, Human Resource Management (HRM), HRM
White papers 2002-01-01
Prepare for the future of quality. (Industry News).
MILWAUKEE--Quality must deliver bottom-line results. According to the findings of the American Society for Quality's ASQ third Futures Study, "Living in the Future," bottom-line results are one of the seven key forces that are most likely to shape quality in the foreseeable future. The...
Tags: American Society For Quality, FINANCE, industry, quality, Strategy
Research articles 2003-03-01
10 ways to wire sales training: How AT&T used a Web-enabled process to improve sales skills and connect them to the bottom line - analysis
This could be the most pressing question of the decade: What does it take to implement a performance improvement initiative that delivers measurable bottom-line results?
Tags: analysis, AT&T Corp., sales, sales training, Web
Research articles 2002-04-01
Tips For "Perfect" Speech
Know your audience and what they want. Then seek to give them all the best performance you could muster. Focus on your objective! Know exactly how/what you want the audience to know/react! Then GO ALL OUT to get it done! The bottom line is& the bottom line. You're doing this...
Tags: Speech, Audience, Bottom Line, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2007-07-19
Linking Customer and Employee Satisfaction to the Bottom Line
Linking Customer and Employee Satisfaction to the Bottom Line Derek R. Allen and Morris Wilburn, ASQ Quality Press, 600 N. Plankinton Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203, 2002, 238 pp., $40 member, $50 list book, Linking Customer and Employee Satisfaction to the Bottom Line tells the reader how to apply numerical analysis...
Tags: American Society For Quality, Milwaukee
Research articles 2003-02-01
Improving Sales for Your Online Business
On Wall Street, financial investors speak of CEOs improving their companies' "Top line" by increasing sales volume or their "Bottom line" by reducing their expenses to expand the margins from their current sales volume. For Internet companies a similar "Top line - bottom line" approach should be taken by business...
Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
White papers
Sun Life Financial Collaborates with Bottom Line to Improve Education and Career Opportunities for Boston Students
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial (NYSE: SLF, TSX: SLF) recently announced its newest relationship with Bottom Line, a non-profit Boston organization that provides support services to help underprivileged students get into college, graduate and go far in life. To supplement its charitable contribution, Sun Life...
Tags: career, financial, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-04
BYU Cougars season in review
Sept. 3 Boston College 20BYU 3 Last week: Boston Coll. 44Army 7 BOTTOM LINE: The Eagles (2-0) are flying high but will be tested next week when they host Florida State in their first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference game. Sept. 10...
Tags: Air Force, Games
Research articles 2005-09-12
BYU Cougars season in review
Sept. 3 Boston College 20, BYU 3 Last week: BC 38, Ball State 0 BOTTOM LINE: The Eagles (4-1) continue to soar. They return to Atlantic Coast Conference play this week when they host Virginia. Sept. 10 BYU...
Tags: Air Force, Games, Utah
Research articles 2005-10-03
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