PIMS


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PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategy)

a database covering over 3000 businesses in Europe and North America which contains information on firms' sales, market shares, investment etc. and market characteristics (growth rates, concentration, customer power, etc.) and which seeks to establish associations between these variables and firms' profit performance. See BUSINESS STRATEGY, COMPETITIVE STRATEGY.