Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

hard, bottom-line results

English answer:

solid financial results

Added to glossary by Jenni Lukac (X)
Aug 13, 2009 15:01
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English term

hard, bottom-line results

English Bus/Financial Investment / Securities
Ensure bottom-line impact. Have measurables in place for softer initiatives and consistently track them to parlay them into hard, bottom-line results.
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Aug 17, 2009 07:07: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry

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solid financial results

The "bottom line" refers to the last line in an account book, what remains after earnings and expenses have been calculated.
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agree danya
44 mins
Good afternoon and thanks Danya
agree Polangmar : http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bottom line
54 mins
Thanks and thanks again for the great reference that includes the metaphoric meaning.
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
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Good evening and thanks Tina
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks "
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concrete end-results

final and concrete end-results based on fact
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quantifiable profit and loss results

put measures in place to quantify the effects on the balance sheet from "soft" initiatives - generally initiatives intended to improve more intangible values such as staff morale, customer confidence, product awareness etc.
Peer comment(s):

agree Demi Ebrite : metrics to efficient
1 hr
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : Quantifiable is nice.
2 hrs
agree George C.
23 hrs
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