The concept of a contribution margin comes from the need for business managers to understand how profitable their businesses have become. For most managers, this is as simple as looking at something ...

Small and large businesses need to understand the relationship between cost, volume and profit to develop their pricing strategies. Setting prices too high might mean lost sales, while discounting ...

Memo from the Securities and Exchange Commission: If you want to use contribution margin to tout how well your company is doing, you might want to think twice. WeWork tried to brag about its ...