Identification of businesses with potential to achieve superior revenue growth and financial performance
US8255306B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 14, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q40/00
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of identifying target businesses with above-average potential to achieve a selected financial performance target, in accordance with the principles of one embodiment of this invention comprises identifying a plurality of model businesses which have already achieved the selected financial performance target; identifying financial statistics common to the identified model businesses; and screening target businesses for the financial statistics common to the identified businesses. The financial statistics preferably include: at least one of historic annual sales, annual sales growth rates, and time since found to exceed selected annual sales thresholds, gross margins, SG&D, R & D expense, EBIDTA, cash flow from operations, market capitalization.
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