Posts Tagged ROI

Trends in the food & fibre industry – we’re all talking the same language

Posted on March 26th by QualDATA | , ,

Gordon Stone Today’s food and fibre industries continue to change markedly. You will notice in the trends outlined below that the changes tend to be structural, less about food production and more about consumers. Changes in types of food preferred by a range of consumers – many are value conscious, while others are quality conscious,
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Valuing the intangible: An approach to social ROI

Posted on February 19th by QualDATA | , , ,

Jeff Coutts How do you value the pride a family may feel in having improved their land condition over time? Or the incredible relief they feel when an enterprise change means that they can relax knowing they meet their bills and put the children through school?  Or the improvements to family relationships when they finally
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Benefit / Cost 4: Counting the costs

Posted on May 18th by QualDATA | ,

In this final part of our series on Benefit/Cost, we are considering the two cost categories: Category 3: ‘Costs that can easily be assigned $ values’; and Category 4: ‘Costs that cannot easily be assigned a $ value’

Benefit/Cost – summing up your return on investment

Posted on January 13th by QualDATA | ,

We are starting a series of articles over the next few months that deal with different elements of Benefit/Cost – increasingly a requirement from funding bodies.   Put simply, a Benefit/Cost Analysis (BCA) is a way of summing up what return you got (or should get) on your investment.

Reporting to be more rigorous in 2009

Posted on January 13th by QualDATA | , ,

Both Benefit Cost Analaysis (BCA) and the Triple Botton Line (TBL) are emerging as important considerations when thinking about your level of accountability or when rigorously reporting your ‘return on investment’ or ROI.