Investment center - Wikipedia

An investment center is a classification used for business units within an enterprise. The essential element of an investment center is that it is treated ... Investmentcenter FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Classificationusedforbusinessunitswithinanenterprise Thisarticledoesnotciteanysources.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Investmentcenter" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(May2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Aninvestmentcenterisaclassificationusedforbusinessunitswithinanenterprise. Theessentialelementofaninvestmentcenteristhatitistreatedasaunitwhichismeasuredagainstitsuseofcapital,asopposedtoacostorprofitcenter,whicharemeasuredagainstrawcostsorprofits. TheInvestmentCentertakescareofRevenues,CostandAssets,whileaProfitCenterdealswithrevenuesandcostsandCostCenterswithcostsonly.ThisisaclearsignofhowthespanofcontrolandspanofaccountabilitygrowfromCostCenterstoInvestmentones. Theadvantageofthisformofmeasurementisthatittendstobemoreencompassing,sinceitaccountsforallusesofcapital.Itissusceptibletomanipulationbymanagerswithashorttermfocus,orbymanipulatingthehurdlerateusedtoevaluatedivisions. Seealso[edit] Costcenter Profitcenter Thisaccounting-relatedarticleisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Thismanagement-relatedarticleisastub.YoucanhelpWikipediabyexpandingit.vte Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Investment_center&oldid=1073461404" Categories:ManagementaccountingAccountingstubsManagementstubsHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataUseAmericanEnglishfromMarch2021AllWikipediaarticleswritteninAmericanEnglishUsemdydatesfromMarch2021ArticleslackingsourcesfromMay2020AllarticleslackingsourcesAllstubarticles Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages العربيةPortuguêsУкраїнська Editlinks