In contrast to the top-down approach to research and development. A bottom-up approach emphasizes the participation of the targeted groups and populations in making programming and research decisions. See also top-down
An economic analysis that calculates the costs and benefits of change by identifying specific measures and adding up their consequences.
of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level; "bottom-up parser"; "a bottom-up model of the reading process"
Analysis undertaken at the component level, most commonly looking at the characteristics of individual stocks such as the credit worthiness of a bond issued by a UK corporation (c.f. top-down).
An investment management style that focuses on the analysis of individual stocks. Investment managers typically employ bottom-up, stock selection in combination with a top-down asset allocation policy that concentrates on economic and market analysis.
A method of portfolio construction determined primarily by stock selection. Fund managers will assess the quality and future prospects of a stock, analysing factors such as the strength of management, market share, pricing power, which will all determine future earnings growth. Sector and country weightings will reflect the manager's individual stock selections and will not be driven by macroeconomic factors.
Stock selection based on the fundamental attributes of a specific company, stock picking.
Style of portfolio management which emphasises the selection of securities rather than macro-economic analysis.
Strategy used to analyse a company’s performance by its growth of sales rather than the general history or position of the economy. The opposite of bottom up is top down.
Pertaining to an approach that starts with the lowest level software components of a hierarchy and proceeds through progressively higher levels to the top level component; for example, bottom-up design, bottom-up programming, bottom-up testing. Contrast with top-down.
Term "top-down/bottom-up" refers to a window treatment with two sets of lift cords that allow the window covering to be raised from the top down or from the bottom up.
The process of designing a system by designing the low-level components first; then integrating them into large subsystems until the complete system is designed; bottom-up testing tests these low-level components first, using software drivers to simulate the higher level components. See Top-down.
A description that uses lower-level details to explain higher-level patterns.
A term used by fund managers to describe an investment strategy driven by research on individual companies. Otherwise known as stock picking, it involves buying shares based on the individual merits of a company rather than sector or country expectations. The opposite of bottom-up management is top-down management.
