Businesses measure productivity in two ways: marginal and average. The calculation of both types often yields different answers as a result of the fundamental differences behind each measurement. In ...

Small-business owners can understand their companies in terms of inputs and outputs. The wages you pay your employees are inputs, and the work they do is an output. There is a limit to the benefit ...

Learn about gross, operating, and net profit margins, how each is calculated, and how businesses and investors can use them to analyze a company’s profitability.