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REENGINEERING

Defined by Michael Hammer and James Champy in their 1993 book ‘Reengineering the Corporation’ as “Fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business process to achieve dramatic improvements in critical measures of performance

REFI BUBBLE

This is the period which is used to take advantage of lower interest rates, borrowers replace old debt with new debt.

REFUSE DERIVED FUEL

This term refers to heat that is derived from shredding solid waste that has had glass and metals removed.

REINFORCING FEEDBACK

Effect of an action, change, or decision returned to amplify what caused it. Reinforcing feedback drives a system increasingly faster in the direction it is already going whether away from its goal

RELATIVE VALUE UNIT

RVU is an acronym that stands for “relative value unit.” Some physician employers such as hospitals and groups use an RVU formula to calculate compensation or bonuses for physicians. An RVU is

REMOTE AUTHENTICATION DIAL IN SERVICE (RADIUS)

Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) is a networking protocol that provides centralized Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) management for computers to connect and use a network service. RADIUS was developed

REPAYMENT MORTGAGE

A repayment mortgage is a term generally used in the UK to describe a mortgage in which the monthly repayments consist of repaying the capital amount borrowed as well as the accrued

REPROCESSING

Treating material retrieved from the waste stream to make new products.

RESOURCE RECOVERY

The extraction from the waste stream of useful products such as heat energy from burning waste.

RETROACTIVE DATE

A date that may be included in a policy from where no other claims can be made.

RETURN ON COMMON EQUITY

A strategy regarding the return on equity of securities that show the effect the common shares have on a company’s profitability.

REVENUE BASE

The major source and a regular part of total revenue of a government or firm for example.

REVERSE OSMOSIS

A filtering process where a liquid with suspended particles in it is passed through a filter to catch the particles.

REVOLVING FUND

The establishment of an account that finances the cycle of operations of amounts received.

RING TOPOLOGY

A scheme used in cabling networks where a cablesequentially connects all of the nodes and forms a loop that is closed.

RISK NEUTRALITY

An attitude of investors where any loss or gain is of equal chance.

RISK VALUE

The quantity derived by multiplying the probability of a negative impact by its likely impact. Stated in monetary terms.

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