PIMS

PIMS(Profit Impact of Market Strategies) An extensive database giving details of the performance of some 4,000 businesses in Europe and North America. The details include sales, market share, investment, research and development budget, etc. PIMS examines the relationship between expenditure, market performance, and profitability and has provided explanations for nearly 80% of the variations in profitability among the businesses in the database.

• direct labour cost
• direct letter of credit
• direct-mail selling
• direct marketing
• Direct Marketing Association UK
• direct materials
• direct materials cost
• director
• directors or higher-paid employees
• directors’ authority to act
• directors’ interests
• directors’ remuneration
• directors’ report
• directory
• direct placing
• direct quote
• direct-response TV advertising
• direct taxation
• direct write-off method
• dirham
• dirty price
• disbursement
• disclaimer
• discount
• discounted cash flow