Profit Negotiations and Promotion of Contractor Efficiency.
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to measure the flexibility of negotiated profits and identify a means of using profit rates as a motivator for contractor efficiency. The study approach was to examine historical data on profit policy and excess profit legislation. Data on negotiated profit rates for noncompetitive production acquisitions for five fiscal years was obtained and analyzed. Current profit rate ceiling philosophy limits effectiveness of using profit as a motivator. Need exists for economically measuring contractor's efficiency. Study on requisites for contractor productivity improvement being conducted. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA097406
Entities
People
- Gerald A. Klopp
- Robert W. Nick