German: Amortisations- und Gewinnzeiten English translation: time taken to achieve ROI 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Amortisations- und Gewinnzeiten | | English translation: | time taken to achieve ROI | | Entered by: | Orla Shanaghy |
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Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research | | German term or phrase: Amortisations- und Gewinnzeiten | The exact context is as follows:
"Durch den Rückgang der Produktlebenszyklen (oftmals um mehr als die Hälfte im Vergleich wie vor 10 Jahren) nahmen die Amortisations- und Gewinnzeiten über den Lebenszyklus kontinuierlich ab."
Would anyone know what they mean by "Gewinnzeit" here? Is it synonymous with "Amortisationszeit"? If so, would anyone know of a snappy US term that covers these two terms? Or are they two different concepts altogether?
All help much appreciated as always! |
| | | time taken to achieve ROI | Explanation:
As I understand it, Amortisation and Gewinnzeit are consecutive stages of a process. First, the products go through a process in which they recoup the investment (/pay for themselves), then they start generating returns on those investments (commonly called ROI). As in: "...the time taken to achieve amortisation and ROI decreased continually over the lifecycle of the product" (or similar). |
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Orla Shanaghy
Ireland
| Note from asker to answererThis is great Orla, thanks a million for your help, I'd actually been thinking about ROI myself but it's always good to get another opinion :-) Thanks again!
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| gewinnzeit time taken to achieve ROI
Explanation:
As I understand it, Amortisation and Gewinnzeit are consecutive stages of a process. First, the products go through a process in which they recoup the investment (/pay for themselves), then they start generating returns on those investments (commonly called ROI). As in: "...the time taken to achieve amortisation and ROI decreased continually over the lifecycle of the product" (or similar).
| Orla Shanaghy
Ireland
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Native speaker of:  English
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| Note from asker to answerer| This is great Orla, thanks a million for your help, I'd actually been thinking about ROI myself but it's always good to get another opinion :-) Thanks again! |
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