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Commercial organisations and profit based ones

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by Ken Garrett.
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  • May 30, 2015 at 4:23 pm #250679
    jemma242
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    Hi

    What is the difference between commercial and profit based organisations?

    thank you
    Jemma

    May 30, 2015 at 4:43 pm #250682
    Ken Garrett
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    I don’t think there is a worthwhile difference.

    The usual distinction is between profit seeking and not-for-profit (such as a charity or government organisation). Having said that, many large charities are very commercial in their income raising activities eg shops, sponsorship and high-powered telephone operations to gather donations.. They don’t aim to make profits but they certainly aim to raise money using very professional and commercial approaches.

    May 30, 2015 at 5:31 pm #250696
    jemma242
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    OK, it was mentioned at the end of the EVA article part 2 that it is more appropriate tool for measuring the performance of commercial organisations than profit-based ones, which confused me slightly.

    May 30, 2015 at 6:27 pm #250715
    Ken Garrett
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    It confuses me too!

    If the author makes a statement like that then it should be explained and justified.

    Don’t worry about it. : -)

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