The family business utilizes the return on investment capital indicator to measure its competitive advantage or performance. The return on investment indicator helps to determine the rates of return the investors get when they invest in the family business. A higher rate of return implies that the business is competitive and yields quality results. This strategy is also effective in attracting investors to the company. The company publishes reports about its return on investment indicator to make them available to potential investors, attracting them to the company. This also serves as the company's marketing strategy.
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Your post provides a clear and concise overview of the use of the return on investment capital (ROIC) indicator in family businesses, which meets the relevance and clarity criteria. However, it is primarily descriptive in nature, as it explains what the ROIC indicator is and how it is used, without providing much analysis or synthesis of the information.
You are not myopic or normative in nature, as you do not promote a particular viewpoint or suggest a specific course of action. However, you could benefit from more analytical and synthesis elements, such as exploring the limitations and potential drawbacks of relying solely on the ROIC indicator to measure competitive advantage and performance. Also, you may want to invoke other members to comment about performance based criteria that family businesses can use other than ROIC! For example
In terms of value-added, the post provides a useful introduction to the ROIC indicator and its role in measuring competitive advantage and attracting investors. However, it does not provide any specific examples or credible, published, peer-reviewed citations to support its statements, which could be a concern for those seeking further information or looking to verify the accuracy of the information presented.
Overall, the post meets the relevance and clarity criteria but could benefit from more analytical and synthesis elements and the inclusion of real examples and credible, published, peer-reviewed citations to support its statements.