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n. - The quality of affording gain or benefit or net income.

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  • In reality the dip in profitability from a falling school roll would have caused a change in management at the first school before it closed.
  • My uncertainty comes from applying what I call the profitability formula:
  • Malinvaud emphasizes "profitability" as a determinant of investment, but he also emphasizes that the precise meaning of profitability is unclear whenever the...
  • The primary driver of long-term profitability is customer loyalty.
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