If there is much waste in the business and a loose focus on customer value (typically this is a yes).
Capitalism is spreading around the globe, and non-U.S. companies now operate with a strong profit motive and a focus on delivering shareholder value--traditionally a very American ethos.
From a value perspective, the focus is on a difference between intrinsic value and market price.
Then drive improvement by a strong focus on creating value for customers.
"Despite uncertainties in Europe and concerns over the U.S. fiscal cliff creating a difficult business environment, we did our best this quarter to achieve strong earnings based on a strategic focus on differentiated and high value-added products as well as our technological competitiveness, " said Robert Yi, Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations.
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The commission also said there was a "clear focus on generating value and legacy for the people of Glasgow and Scotland".
With a very clear focus on creating value for our members, 80% of whom want to keep their personal and professional lives separate.
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Without a focus on process prioritized by how value is created, a CIO will end up with a huge to do list and no idea what to do next.
In many cases, corporate culture has shifted from more of a focus on long-term shareholder value, as I believe was prevalent for our parents and grandparents, to being more about rewarding executives at the expense of shareholders and workers.
Brackett advises that as a job candidate you focus on proving your value to an employer, not only throughout the job search but even in the first months on the job.
He said the spending review could lead to a "sharper Wales, with more focus on value and how public money is spent".
"This transaction is in line with BP's strategy to focus on a smaller number of higher-value assets with long-term growth potential and to continue the simplification of our portfolio with a further reduction of operated infrastructure and wells, " said BP chief executive Bob Dudley.
That focus on driving customer value via a new business and deployment model helped fuel the early days of Cloud computing and established a customer-focused ethos that is still present in most Cloud companies.
The root cause of these errors is a focus on the dumbest idea in the world: maximizing shareholder value.
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Focus on generating the most value and building a product people want and will use: the rest can be dealt with as it comes.
It also aims to accelerate the development and production of new cars with a focus on better designs, fuel-efficiency, safety and value for customers with the latest launches.
The next round of reforms will focus on increasing the value that we as a nation get from spending more per capita on care than anyone else in the world.
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All these ventures have to focus on the needs of their customers to provide a fair value in exchange for their products and services.
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As VIZIO celebrates its 10-Year Anniversary, it remains committed to what it does best, focus on the consumer to deliver visionary products at a great value.
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"Growth in our PC business was challenging, as we saw a tough macroeconomic and competitive environment, and continued to focus on higher-value solutions in this business, " Mr. Gladden said.
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These winners have other features in common: They all focus on small-cap stocks and they tend to take a value-oriented approach.
Further, we anticipate that an increasing number of companies will incorporate strategic measures into both their short- and long-term incentive plans, as a way to encourage focus on the non-financial, as well as financial, drivers of value.
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Though the Chinese yuan's value has been Topic A, key American manufacturers, like the automakers, focus on the yen, suggesting its weakness is the secret to Japan's productive prowess.
He was positive about the value of the G20 as a positive instrument of global governance but he urged more focus on efficiency and action versus talking.
If you focus on that third area, value chain optimization, you can use your power as a buyer and try to work with suppliers to create more sustainable products.
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But come tomorrow we will back to wine as our preferred adult beverage at dinner, so as 2012 finally draws to a close, amidst much last minute fiscal cliff angst, I thought it would be fitting to focus on value.
The size and complexity of this data, in combination with the focus on the creation of shareholder value through competitively superior decision-making, has required a unique process that has led to some conclusions contrary to emerging received wisdom, starting with an unconventional definition of Big Data.
This misguided focus on quarterly numbers, though part of a strategy to improve EPS growth, actually degrades long-term shareholder value.
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