Started career as professional chef then a district sales manager for a wine & spirits company. Retired in 2005, breeding Araucana chickens. Carrot Colors Carrots as we know them now are orange but the original carrot was a small, thin, bitter root that was nowhere near the revered vegetable it is today. Purple, red and even black were the normal colors until the resourceful Dutch agriculturalists took an interest in them.
Project Return on Investment (ROI) An indicator used to measure the financial savings/gain (or loss) of a project in relation to its cost. Typically, it is used in determining whether a project will yield positive financial benefits, and in turn giving approval to proceed. The formula for a Project ROI = ((projectâs financial gain or loss â projectâs cost) / projectâs cost) X 100.
The return on investment formula seems simple, but the calculation is not always as straightforward as it looks. The challenge in finding ROI for any investment or action is determining which costs and which gains belong in the calculation.imple ROI for each case, in each period, appears in the bottom row of each table. Applying the cash flow formula above to these data, the ROI metric is found for the the end of year 3, for case Beta is given as. Return on investment calculation at the end of Year 3.