Though advertisement is shown in the profit and loss a/c and not on the balance sheet, it is an investment from the business point of view because it impacts the business for a long time. We must not forget about the consumer's brand loyalty -- once a consumer becomes brand loyal, he can remain loyal for a long time. But on the other hand, expenditures cannot attract consumers.
A characteristic of investments is that they add something to the value of the product. But most expendituresare unwanted, and every firm wants to reduce them. Overall, since advertisement can help a business to increase product demand, it can be an investment, not merely an expenditure.
An investment you expect a return, with the other, you don't.
outgo, expense, investment.
Government expenditure.
It is the total expenditure for all kinds within the economy that is public and private. The national expenditure =Consumption+Investment+government purchases.
Consumption, Investment, Government Expenditure and Net Exports
an action of spending funds on advertising
An investment you expect a return, with the other, you don't.
outgo, expense, investment.
Government expenditure.
It is the total expenditure for all kinds within the economy that is public and private. The national expenditure =Consumption+Investment+government purchases.
Advertising on the whole is not wasteful, it brings in business. However, not all advertising campaigns are equally successful, so in some cases advertising is wasteful.
UK advertising expenditure reached £19.4 billion in 2007
Rodney Silverman has written: 'Advertising expenditure, 1952' -- subject(s): Advertising
Savings are a leakage from the income expenditure stream because they drain on the economy
the optimal level of advertising expenditure for the firm is determined where the marginal revenue increase in costs of advertising are equal to the marginal increase in revenue
Consumption, Investment, Government Expenditure and Net Exports
the answer is advertising