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Amortisations- und Gewinnzeiten

English translation: time taken to achieve ROI

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German term or phrase:Amortisations- und Gewinnzeiten
English translation:time taken to achieve ROI
Entered by: Orla Shanaghy

09:13 Jun 16, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
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!
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Local time: 01:52
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
Local time: 01:52
Grading comment
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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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
Local time: 01:52
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Grading comment
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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