Abstract
Return on capital employed (ROCE) is regarded by most businesses (excepting very small ones) as their key measure of total performance. It puts together profit and capital. More capital should give a capability to earn more profit. The ROCE ratio shows profitability: how profit produced stands up to the capital being used to generate it.
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© 1986 Edwin Whiting
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Whiting, E. (1986). Return on capital employed. In: A Guide to Business Performance Measurements. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07472-3_18
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