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Cost-benefit analysisRelationships Related Term: strategic information management n. ~ A methodology to evaluate different actions, methods, or strategies by estimating the ratio of all expenses to benefits, both tangibl [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisCost/Benefit Analysis is a technique for deciding whether to make a change. As its name suggests, it compares the values of all benefits from the action under consideration and the costs associated wi [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisA quantitative procedure that assesses the desirability of a project by taking a view of avoided future damages compared to the cost of a project. The outcome of the analysis is a cost-benefit ratio, which demonstrates whether the net present value of benefits exceeds the net present value of costs.
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Cost-benefit analysisThe ability to measure the costs associated with a specific program, project, or benefit. The cost is then compared to the total benefit or value derived.
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Cost-benefit analysisAn assessment method that is sometimes used to compare the benefits and costs of a development proposal, such as a major infrastructure project.
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Cost-benefit analysisAn analysis, often stated as a ratio, used to evaluate a proposed course of action. [D00431]
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Cost-benefit analysisOne of the tools used to carry out an economic evaluation. The costs and benefits are measured using the same monetary units (for example, pounds sterling) to see whether the benefits exceed the costs [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisa comparison of the cost of a new system to the benefits of its use. This helps to evaluate the value of adopting new computer equipment and also to evaluate the merits of performing usability analyse [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisThe use of economic analysis to quantify the gains and losses from a policy or program as well as their distribution across different groups in a society.
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Cost-benefit analysis1. an evaluative process which tries to judge and compare the economic adequacy of varying programs. Prices and advantages are decreased to their fiscal worth and displayed in a cost-benefit ratio. 2. [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisPart of the management decision-making process in which the costs and benefits of each risk reduction option are compared and the most appropriate alternative is selected.
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Cost-benefit analysisFull analysis of public and private costs and benefits of project. costing:
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Cost-benefit analysisMethod of analyzing competing business alternatives based on comparing total costs to total benefits. A proper cost-benefit analysis takes into account all benefits, including productivity, savings, a [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisProcess to estimate the overall cost and benefit of a program or components within a program. Seeks to answer the question "Is this program or product worth its costs?" Or "Which of the options has the highest benefit/cost ratio?" This is only possible when all values can be converted into money terms.
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Cost-benefit analysisA decision-making tool that allows a comparison of options based on the level of benefit derived and the cost to achieve the benefit from different alternatives.
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Cost-benefit analysisAssesses whether the cost of an intervention is worth the benefit by measuring both in the same units; monetary units are usually used.
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Cost-benefit analysisAn analytical technique that compares the costs of a project or technological application to the resultant benefits, with both costs and benefits expressed by the same measure. This measure is nearly [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisSee Benefit-Cost Analysis.
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Cost-benefit analysisProcess of comparing the costs of establishing an intervention (such as a workplace education program) with the benefits (such as increased productivity, less waste or fewer errors, lower absenteeism, better communication). (PA WIN)
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Cost-benefit analysisAssessment of the direct economic and social costs and benefits of a proposed program for the purpose of program
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Cost-benefit analysisA method of comparing the cost of a program with its expected benefits in dollars (or other currency). The benefit-to-cost ratio is a measure of total return expected per unit of money spent. This ana [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisAlso known as benefit-cost analysis (BCA). A type of economic analysis that compares the costs and benefits of policies and programs over a long term. The hallmark of CBA is that both costs and benefits are monetized, allowing the comparison of initiatives with different purposes and outcomes. (To read more, see the Types of Economic Analysis
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Cost-benefit analysisThe systematic weighing positive consequences against negative consequences in decision making. Last Updated: 7/9/2015
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Cost-benefit analysisCost-benefit analysis is the examination of a public project and the evaluation of its total costs and benefits to all concerned.
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Cost-benefit analysisAn economic analysis that converts effects into the same monetary terms as costs and compares them.See also: Economic analysis (economic evaluation)
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Cost-benefit analysisConverts effects into the same monetary terms as the costs and compares them.
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Cost-benefit analysisAn economic evaluation which compares costs and benefits of at least two technologies where the benefits or outcomes are measured in financial terms.
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Cost-benefit analysisFull analysis of public and private costs and benefits of project.
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Cost-benefit analysisAn approach to public decisionmaking. Quotes below from Sugden and Williams, 1978 p. 236, with some reordering: 'Cost-benefit analysis is a 'scientific' technique, or a way of organizin [..]
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Cost-benefit analysisAn economic technique for estimating the desirability of a proposed course of action , in which the advantages and disadvantages are listed , expressed in monetary terms and the totals compared.
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Cost-benefit analysisA comparison of all the costs and benefits associated with action undertaken for sustainable land management, against “business-as-usual” (changing no habits, practices, or systems).(ELD Initiative interim report 2013)
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