Sweet Spot Petra has gobbled up market share in Southeast Asia, leaving its European and U.S. competitors in a cloud of cocoa dust. 2005 market share (dollar value) Source: Euromonitor International.
Sure there are plenty of companies that are trying to make money by adding value to open source software.
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Linux and much of its application software is written and distributed by people who understand the value of open source.
The value proposition of open source is attractive as it provides more flexibility for customers.
At stake is an important source of value for nearly every professional sports team: taxpayer subsidies.
Hemp also has value as a food source, as its seeds provide the ideal balance between Omega 3 and Omega 6 oils for humans.
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Done well, virtrusl collaboration tools can transform your business and your corporate culture into a nimble, innovative, and sustainable source of value generation for your company.
No product or partnership can last for long (if it gets off the ground at all) without a well-defined source of value for your customers, your partners, and your own company.
There are two general theories that exist about the source of the value premium.
Men are raised to value work as their main source of worth and self-esteem.
" Kolakowski saw this as "a particular instance of the difficulty inherent in any doctrine which views genuine human effort as the unique source of moral value while at the same time refusing to acknowledge any human contribution to the results of that effort.
We need to view employees as a source of steadily increasing value and not just overhead.
That manageability from a single source is a big value prop.
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Could it be that the source of our real value as leaders might come from different thinking and different choices rather than from perpetuation of the incessant pace we are straining to maintain?
Customers greatly value the neutrality and transparency that open source players contribute to the industry.
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Over the past year, people have used crowdfunding sites to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, which proves the value of the technique as a funding source.
Jen is anchoring a significant, timely culture shift in city governments across the country so that they become increasingly adept at harnessing agile, open source technologies that add huge value and cut costs.
The solution: never take what you read at face value, and always rely on a trusted source.
GM's deal requires it to source 40% (by value) of its cars locally today, moving to 80% by the third year.
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Additionally, it is likely that banks will change their customer banking model, charging additional fees for checking accounts and other value-added programs as they seek another source of revenue to cover the decrease in debit card revenues.
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Income from value added tax, the government's biggest source of tax revenue representing about 36 per cent of the total, has been falling since 2008, despite a sharp increase in the rate -- the main rate is now 23 per cent.
Investors who have bought in cheap--one Philly source says the stock exchange has doubled in value since last year--could be hoping to sell.
European politicians, unable to fashion a unified fiscal response to the crisis, will embrace a sharp fall in the euro's value against the dollar and yuan as perhaps the only source of relief.
While I never chalk something up as fact until confirmed by an official source, this release date is believable and holds value to Nintendo.
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That additional source of return, shares trading back to fair value, cushions your returns in case your estimate of the earnings growth of the business has been overestimated.
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Karen Dynan, co-director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, thinks the effect may be bigger this time round because of the decline in the value of houses, which for most families are a larger source of wealth than stocks.
You can also get a bit of a deal by buying gift cards from this source, at anywhere from 5-15% off face value for most merchants.
They, are finding a greater value in selling trade secrets, marketing plans, research and development findings and even source code, McAfee says.
We all believe that the open-source nature of the Hadoop framework will drive cost down, and most importantly create new value and innovation in a very short time frame.
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