At Exponential we work off a for-profit model designed to grow the Hungarian entrepreneurship community.
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And over time, to support these resources and processes to deliver upon the value proposition, the fourth component, a profit or revenue model, emerges the money that the organization needs to bring in to support these inputs.
Many bioethics organizations such as the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University which 15 years ago objected to the buying and selling of kidneys have now come full circle, favorably featuring those who believe a for-profit model has virtues.
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Thus while the core micro finance is a for-profit model all other life quality supporting services are rendered either free or non-profit basis. and on core micro finance, through our focus on efficiency we probably offer a rate which is lower than not-for-profit NGOs too!
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In fact, the shortage of sperm and egg donors (in 2010, the last year for which data in the United States were available, fewer than 1000 embryo donations were recorded) has prompted robust discussions around the world about the potential benefits and challenges of a for-profit model.
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Its interest in Converteam shows its interest in the renewable energy space is a part of its profit model.
As they note, there is really only one critical difference between the current, expensive model that excludes the majority of people who need this service and the for-profit model: a legal framework.
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Is the brand equipped with a genuine operating model, not just a series of revenue and profit projections?
"We put every dollar of revenue or outside funding toward identifying a scalable, for-profit business model, " he says.
Whereas SKS is a traditional "for profit" organization, Grameen's model is what Yunus describes as a " Social Business" (also described as a "non-loss, non-dividend" business).
With health care currently a hot-button political issue, Dr. Dave sees this local, not-for-profit health system as a model for how national health care in America could work.
If it takes off, there is a potential for an ongoing audience and profit model.
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In America, a not-for-profit organisation called the Public Library of Science is employing a similar business model.
Originally launched as a non-profit organization over a decade ago, the organization has ballooned in scale and size since adopting the for-profit model.
Just trying to build more and more SUVs and counting on gas prices being low and that's your only profit margin, that's just not a model that's going to work.
Perhaps the answer to this dilemma is for teams to behave more like the ever-popular Arsenal, which recently posted pre-tax profit and boasts about having a self-sustaining financial model that every team should copy.
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While Samoa Air's model could prompt a shake-up in the profit-starved industry, many of the world's airlines have so far been reluctant to capitalize on passenger weight because of discrimination concerns.
In fact, in a way they matter more in this model than in the traditional profit-above-all model.
We are pioneering a business model in Afghanistan that breaks down the traditional distinctions between profit and nonprofit and between social contribution and commercial success.
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They argue that higher interest rates are justified as they allow for a sustainable operation which is able to scale more easily than the non-profit model.
Alex Budak helped create StartSomeGood.com, a for-profit venture, to help social entrepreneurs raise money, regardless of their economic model.
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Those who wonder just how all of these game makers are actually turning a profit by giving away the games can look at the PlaySpan study as proof that this model works.
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There's still a bright future for electric vehicles though -- electric car maker Tesla Motors announced that it turned a profit in the first quarter of 2013 for the first time, as sales of the Model S exceeded expectations.
Greenwald explained that countries must have a good tourism infrastructure to make the list, but the non-profit also uses the list to promote some under-visited places that can be a role model for other countries in their region.
Though the smaller, cheaper exchange has since managed to steal some market share from the LSE, its business model has been called into question, and Turquoise has also struggled to turn a profit in the time it has been operating.
The company can manage its profit margins by raising prices on select items and by using a more flexible inventory and supply chain model to respond to cost pressures and new opportunities as they arise.
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Moda investors like Tony Florence, a general partner of venture-capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and a Moda board member, see great promise and future profit in the trunk show model, which limits risk by passing up-front costs on to customers, who pay a 50-percent deposit for their purchases during the trunk show, with the other 50 percent paid at time of delivery.
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The same production model holds: retain an ownership stake and produce it cheaply enough that even mediocre ratings translate into a profit.
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And just about every other PC maker has anorexic profit margins, boring products, and customers eager to abandon them the moment they can save a buck on a model from someone else.
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