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INCREMENTAL MARGINAL REVENUE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2019-05-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Cost Accounting
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- marginal contribution
1, record 1, English, marginal%20contribution
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Marginal contribution measures the spread between the amount of revenue to be received from one additional unit of the scarce resource and the amount of incremental cost necessary to produce that revenue. The cost of the scarce resource itself does not enter into this calculation because the way the firm uses the resource does not change the cost. 1, record 1, English, - marginal%20contribution
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Comptabilité analytique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- contribution marginale
1, record 1, French, contribution%20marginale
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La marge sur coûts variables représente le revenu variable moins tous les coûts variables alors que la contribution marginale représente le revenu de la dernière unité vendue moins le coût variable de cette unité. 2, record 1, French, - contribution%20marginale
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1981-01-27
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Corporate Economics
- Productivity and Profitability
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- incremental marginal revenue
1, record 2, English, incremental%20marginal%20revenue
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
With no need to cut your P [Price] to sell an extra unit of Q [Quantity] the incremental Marginal Revenue it brings you is precisely the P [Price] received for that last unit, with no loss on previous units being subtracted. 1, record 2, English, - incremental%20marginal%20revenue
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Économie de l'entreprise
- Productivité et rentabilité
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- recette marginale supplémentaire 1, record 2, French, recette%20marginale%20suppl%C3%A9mentaire
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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