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In [[Management Control|Management Control]] there are two different concepts for profit:
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In [[Management Control|Management Control]]@mbi there are two different concepts for profit:
 
* [[The economic concept of profit|The economic concept of profit]]
 
* [[The economic concept of profit|The economic concept of profit]]
 
* [[The accounting concept of profit|The accounting concept of profit]]
 
* [[The accounting concept of profit|The accounting concept of profit]]
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{| class="wikitable"
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!The economic concept of profit
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!The accounting concept of profit
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|Cash Based
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|Accrual based
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|Future Oriented
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|Hindsight oriented
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|Decision Support
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|Reporting to the outside world
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|Time Value ([[WACC|WACC]])
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|Only interest taken into account (not full cost of capital)
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|Multi period
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|One period
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|}
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The cost of capital is ''severely'' underestimated in the accounting concept of profit.
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[[Category:finance]]
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Revision as of 18:15, 26 August 2020

In Management Control@mbi there are two different concepts for profit:

The economic concept of profit The accounting concept of profit
Cash Based Accrual based
Future Oriented Hindsight oriented
Decision Support Reporting to the outside world
Time Value (WACC) Only interest taken into account (not full cost of capital)
Multi period One period

The cost of capital is severely underestimated in the accounting concept of profit.