If this means raising dues or continuing education or
some other measure of performance then so be it.
In other words, how the accomplishment made the employer money, saved them money, increased efficiency, or
some other measure of performance, along with the actual dollar figures or percentage of increase that go along with these accomplishments.
The results also show that if GPA and
other measures of performance are excluded from the analysis model, it gives the impression that African - American men achieve lower educational levels than their white counterparts.
Other things equal, I believe giving parents more ability to exercise educational choice is a good thing, and I think this is true above and beyond
other measures of performance or quality.
The null results from most studies contrast with some recent evidence suggesting that programs that combine value - added with
other measures of performance, or which use only other measures, can lead to improvement.
In a 2010 paper called «The other side of value: Good growth and the gross profitability premium,» author Robert Novy - Marks discusses his preference for «gross profitability» over
other measures of performance like earnings, or free cash flow.
Essential life skills serve as a foundation for academic achievement whether we define it as grade point averages, results from high stakes tests or
other measures of performance.
Not exact matches
The Company considers EBITDA to be an important
measure used to evaluate operating
performance, and the
measure is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and
other interested parties in the evaluation
of companies in the industry, but this figure should not be considered in isolation.
Management believes analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental
measure to evaluate overall operating
performance and facilitate comparisons with
other wireless communications companies because it is indicative
of T - Mobile's ongoing operating
performance and trends by excluding the impact
of interest expense from financing, non-cash depreciation and amortization from capital investments, non-cash stock - based compensation, network decommissioning costs as they are not indicative
of T - Mobile's ongoing operating
performance and certain
other nonrecurring income and expenses.
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for income from operations, net income or any
other measure of financial
performance reported in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles («GAAP»).
Non-GAAP financial
measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to,
other measures of financial
performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Increased supervision
of insurance companies and
other tightening
measures by Chinese authorities have contributed to the Shanghai stocks» muted
performance this year.
The company considers NAREIT FFO an important supplemental
measure of our operating
performance and believes it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and
other interested parties in the evaluation
of REITs, many
of which present NAREIT FFO when reporting results.
Cree considers free cash flow to be an operating
performance and a liquidity
measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount
of cash generated by the business after the purchases
of property and equipment, a portion
of which can then be used to, among
other things, invest in Cree's business, make strategic acquisitions, strengthen the balance sheet and repurchase stock.
Adjusted EBITDA is used by management to
measure operating
performance of the business, excluding these non-cash and
other specifically identified items that management believes are not relevant to management's assessment
of operating
performance or the
performance of an acquired business.
Facebook (fb), along with Alphabet Google (goog) and
other large digital companies, has been criticized for a lack
of transparency in how it
measures the
performance of videos.
Because we hold significant assets and liabilities in currencies
other than our Russian ruble operating currency, and because foreign exchange fluctuations are outside
of our operational control, we believe that it is useful to present adjusted net income and related margin
measures excluding these effects, in order to provide greater clarity regarding our operating
performance.
The
performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of any Incentive Award (other than Options and stock appreciation rights) that is intended to qualify as Performance - Based Compensation depends shall relate to one or more of the following Performance Measures: market price of Capital Stock, earnings per share of Capital Stock, income, net income or profit (before or after taxes), economic profit, operating income, operating margin, profit margin, gross margins, return on equity or stockholder equity, total shareholder return, market capitalization, enterprise value, cash flow (including but not limited to operating cash flow and free cash flow), cash position, return on assets or net assets, return on capital, return
performance goals upon which the payment or vesting
of any Incentive Award (
other than Options and stock appreciation rights) that is intended to qualify as
Performance - Based Compensation depends shall relate to one or more of the following Performance Measures: market price of Capital Stock, earnings per share of Capital Stock, income, net income or profit (before or after taxes), economic profit, operating income, operating margin, profit margin, gross margins, return on equity or stockholder equity, total shareholder return, market capitalization, enterprise value, cash flow (including but not limited to operating cash flow and free cash flow), cash position, return on assets or net assets, return on capital, return
Performance - Based Compensation depends shall relate to one or more
of the following
Performance Measures: market price of Capital Stock, earnings per share of Capital Stock, income, net income or profit (before or after taxes), economic profit, operating income, operating margin, profit margin, gross margins, return on equity or stockholder equity, total shareholder return, market capitalization, enterprise value, cash flow (including but not limited to operating cash flow and free cash flow), cash position, return on assets or net assets, return on capital, return
Performance Measures: market price
of Capital Stock, earnings per share
of Capital Stock, income, net income or profit (before or after taxes), economic profit, operating income, operating margin, profit margin, gross margins, return on equity or stockholder equity, total shareholder return, market capitalization, enterprise value, cash flow (including but not limited to operating cash flow and free cash flow), cash position, return on assets or net assets, return on capital, return on invested
Under the Bonus Plan, our compensation committee, in its sole discretion, determines the
performance goals applicable to awards, which goals may include, without limitation: attainment
of research and development milestones, sales bookings, business divestitures and acquisitions, cash flow, cash position, earnings (which may include any calculation
of earnings, including but not limited to earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and net earnings), earnings per share, net income, net profit, net sales, operating cash flow, operating expenses, operating income, operating margin, overhead or
other expense reduction, product defect
measures, product release timelines, productivity, profit, return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on investment, return on sales, revenue, revenue growth, sales results, sales growth, stock price, time to market, total stockholder return, working capital, and individual objectives such as MBOs, peer reviews, or
other subjective or objective criteria.
Because
of these limitations, you should consider Adjusted Revenue alongside
other financial
performance measures, including total net revenue and our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP.
Performance Measures may be applied on a pre-tax or post-tax basis, and based upon the performance of Walmart, of any Affiliate, of a division thereof, or other business unit, or of an individual
Performance Measures may be applied on a pre-tax or post-tax basis, and based upon the
performance of Walmart, of any Affiliate, of a division thereof, or other business unit, or of an individual
performance of Walmart,
of any Affiliate,
of a division thereof, or
other business unit, or
of an individual Recipient.
2) Because
of this
performance streak in small and mid-cap stocks (which make up the majority
of stocks, but not the majority
of market cap), breadth
measures based solely on advance - decline statistics have not yet picked up the deterioration in sponsorship that's evident if we examine
other market internals such as industry group action, interest - sensitive securities, and trading volume; and,
«We believe that adjusted EBITDA is an important
measure of our operating
performance because it allows management, investors and analysts to evaluate and assess our core operating results after removing the impact
of changes in our capital structure, income - tax status and method
of vehicle financing, and
other items
of a nonoperational nature that affect comparability,» Zipcar said in its most recent filing.
Publix sets its stock price on advice from auditors who
measure the results and compare it to the
performance of other chains in the industry.
U.S. DOLLAR VERUS
OTHER MAJOR CURRENCIES The United States Dollar Index or DXY measures the performance of the dollar against a basket of other currencies including EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF and
OTHER MAJOR CURRENCIES The United States Dollar Index or DXY
measures the
performance of the dollar against a basket
of other currencies including EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF and
other currencies including EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF and SEK.
Whether one combination
of measures is better than any
other ultimately depends here on their relative
performance.
APRA chairman Wayne Byres said the report should provide important insights for all financial institutions «about the need to maintain a broad focus on all aspects
of risk and stakeholder interest and not allow financial success to mask or detract from
other important
measures of an institution's
performance and risk profile».
It would be folly to mistake bid - ask bounce in deep value penny stocks,
measured from the bottom
of perhaps the greatest stock crash in U.S. history, for evidence
of the long - term out -
performance of all small stocks versus all large stocks across
other, calmer periods.
The AFFO calculation removes the non-cash impact
of real estate depreciation and amortization and property sale gains or losses to net income, while adjusting for
other unique revenue and expense items that are not pertinent to
measuring ongoing operating
performance.
However, the risk
of being thrown off the scent can be reduced by having an objective way
of measuring the ebbs and flows in the confidence that drives, among
other things, the
performance of the gold market.
The dismal
performance of Canada relative to
other OECD countries on
measures of wait times and access to hospitals underlines the need for rethinking the way hospitals are funded, according to a...
This index
measures the greenback's
performance versus a basket
of other currencies.
The second
measure of quality is price
performance compared to
other companies in the same business.
Even though many women, African - Americans and Asians are older than
other students, there are no significant differences between them and
other groups on various
measures of academic
performance.
One can think
of many
other ways in which shame follows from our failure to
measure up to familial, societal, academic, ethical, psychological, and perhaps especially, «religious» standards
of performance.
Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple
of times but reliable as ever Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful
performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence
of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and
measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand in an
other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.
Research has shown that the children
of same - sex couples, whether adopted or biological, fare no worse than the kids
of straight couples on mental health, social functioning, school
performance and several
other life - success
measures.
As with
other neuropsychological testing tools, the value
of the SAC in concussion assessment is maximized when individual baseline test data is available because, without such baselines, the athlete's postinjury
performance on neuropsychological testing and
other concussion assessment
measures, such as the SAC, must be interpreted by comparison with a generalized «normal» based on a large population sample.
One potential problem with the
measure may be if there are some councils who dramatically reduce / increase the number
of seats while
others at the same time don't and the pattern
of reduction / increase is correlated with party
performance.
BBC analysis shows 18
of the 41 PCCs have set targets or
performance measures and
others broader objectives.»
Rather than outline
performance measures and
other achievements — which we are eager to do at any time — please let me share just a few
of these testimonials from real people whose lives are better because Erie County funds a Library System that makes a genuine difference to them and to their families:
Additionally, due to
other medical issues or poor
performance status (a
measure that considers a patient's quality
of life and ability to function during treatment), some stage III NSCLC patients are unable to receive the standard treatment
of concurrent chemotherapy and RT..
Two weeks later, the extent
of the damage was much less in mice that were injected with the microRNAs, and the strength
of contraction and
other measures of heart
performance were better preserved.
The researchers scored
performance by analysing video recordings
of the game and noting the number
of player deaths, enemies killed, secret passages discovered, shooting accuracy and five
other measures.
While some research was previously done by his and
other groups on a smaller scale, «This is the first real description
of a method that could be used broadly across a range
of conditions to operationally
measure diagnostic errors and associated bad outcomes so that we can track our
performance and see whether our interventions are making a difference,» Newman - Toker says.
Cognitive
performance and
other clinical
measures, including the United Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE), and Hoehn and Yahr scales, were assessed at the beginning
of the study and subsequently every 6 months, with an average follow - up time
of 1.8 years and maximum
of 8 years.
Additionally, the device has an unlimited free - spectral range, meaning it can operate over any range
of frequencies, and shows excellent
performance metrics in
other standard
measures of filter quality, including very low insertion loss and in - band ripples, low crosstalk and small delay variation.
The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved
performance on additional
measures of working memory as well as enhanced
other skills, including math, reading, writing and following instructions in a classroom.
«The distinct neural markers associated with cognitive
performance and GWI revealed in our study can be useful for future research to objectively
measure the efficacy
of treatments for GWI as well as
other brain disorders related to the same neurotransmitter system, like Alzheimer's disease.»
Dr McKay added that previous studies had only compared the decisions
of delusion - prone and non-delusion-prone people to each
other rather than to an objective
measure of performance: «Surprisingly, our study also found that even low delusion - prone people jumped to conclusions — so most people jump to conclusions, but delusion - prone people jump further.»