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A Practical Guide to Training Evaluation

AIHR

Increasing your training ROI – As mentioned above, the amount of money spent annually on training is exorbitant. Therefore, being able to show an excellent return on investment (ROI) is important. A good ROI also has a spill-over effect resulting in employees being more innovative and improves employee performance.

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An HBR Refresher on Breakeven Quantity

Harvard Business Review

“It’s one of the more popular ways that managers calculate marketing ROI,” says Avery, pointing out that other common ones include calculating the investment payback period, calculating an internal rate of return, and using net present value analysis. The fixed costs to advertise the flip flops are $2,000.

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Who Rules the Web Now?

Harvard Business Review

As each of these companies expands its fixed-cost infrastructure, profits grow geometrically because the additional variable cost of adding each new user is near zero. Adding a profile on Facebook has little to no impact on Facebook's operating costs. They're out to kill the cost-per-thousand or CPM-based ad sales model.