There are a number of airlines where the entire business model is driven by reducing the amount of time the plane spends on the ground.

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The business forum was organized on the academia driven model of business cooperation to provide a platform for interaction between Chinese and Pakistani entrepreneurs and businessmen and to provide opportunities for technology transfer.

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Using a finance-driven business model, BP outsourced many of its corporate functions to contractors and eliminated many of its own engineers.

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Still in beta, Interesante has been developing content for the Argentinian community as a proof in concept for a diaspora-driven business model.

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Vivaldi valued the remaining 40 brands using a discounted cash flow model that also factored in the percentage of the business being driven by the brand.

FORBES: Beyond the Balance Sheet

Vivaldi valued the remaining 40 brands using a discounted cash-flow model that also factored in the percentage of the business being driven by the brand.

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We recently updated our model for Google, dividing its search business into PC and mobile-driven search.

FORBES: Google's Mobile Search Becoming More Valuable Than Traditional PC Search

Of all the companies I have looked at, however, Appian seems to be the leader in combining the social business capabilities, the structured and partially structured process description functionality, connectivity to existing applications, model-driven development, and mobility in a vision they call Worksocial.

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