Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781337912020
Author: Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler
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Chapter 14, Problem 2E
American Express Company is a major financial services company noted for its American Express® card. Some of the performance measures used by the company on its balanced scorecard follow:
- Average card member spending
- Number of Internet features
- Cards in force
- Number of merchant signings
- Earnings growth
- Number of new card launches
- Hours of credit consultant training
Return on equity - Investment in information technology
- Revenue growth
- Number of card choices
For each measure, identify whether the measure best fits the learning and growth, internal processes, customer, or financial performance perspective of the balanced scorecard.
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American Express Company is a major financial services company noted for its American Express® card. Some of the performance measures used by the company on its balanced scorecard are listed below.
For each measure, identify whether the measure best fits the learning and growth, internal processes, customer, or financial performance perspective of the balanced scorecard.
Performance Metric
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Average card member spending
Number of Internet features
Cards in force
Number of merchant signings
Earnings growth
Number of new card launches
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Return on equity
Investment in information technology
Revenue growth
Number of card choices
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Chapter 14 Solutions
Managerial Accounting
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