An "unattractive" industry is one in which the combination of these five forces acts to drive down overall profitability.

Analysts credited the company's cost-containment program with benefiting overall profitability.

This table also confirms the seeming decline in overall profitability during the 1980s and particularly in 1986.

Understanding where your products are in their lifecycles can help you work out how to maximise overall profitability.

Demand for additional print runs after the first is always hoped for, because they increase the book's overall profitability.

Search engine results are almost back to where they were and the overall profitability of the business is on the rise.

Indeed, the investment of the premiums from their general insurance business has made significant contributions to their overall profitability.

The company has repeatedly said that the investigation will not affect its overall profitability.

This decreased the railway's ability to compete with the steam ships and thus the overall profitability of the line.

"The bonus is tied to the overall profitability of a store, and labor is only one little piece," he said.