Publications
Publications
- 2019
- The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Abstract
Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a financial measure of the profitability of a firm or business unit. If it is greater than the business's cost of capital, then reinvestment of earnings increases shareholder VALUE. The ROIC also determines a maximum self-sustaining growth rate for the business in the absence of outside funding. Finally, for businesses engaged in Schumpeterian competition, innovators with an ROIC advantage can drive out their predecessors by making them unprofitable. In this fashion, relative ROIC determines an innovation's potential for 'creative destruction'.
Keywords
Capital Efficiency; Dupont Analysis; Financial Metrics; Schumpeterian Competition; Sustainable Growth; Competitive Advantage; Financial Strategy; Resource Allocation; Valuation; Value Creation
Citation
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Continuously updated edition, edited by Mie Augier and David J. Teece. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Electronic. (Pre-published, October 2013.)