What IBM brought to the table was not just collaboration software but also the experience gained from unlocking its own social business benefits.

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But almost all of the experience gained from constructing and operating the VLT for more than a decade has found its way into the E-ELT, says E-ELT project scientist Spyromilio.

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At this stage the deal only covers some 8, 000 working children in 30 villages, but having already gained experience in the sports goods sector, the ILO says that it is taking a step by step approach and hopes to extend the project in the future.

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But Japanese trading houses hope to use the experience gained in Europe, for example, to help them expand into emerging markets, where demand is expected to soar.

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Most of the Edinburgh player's international experience has been gained at full-back, but he has also played on the wing and at stand-off.

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But even as money is lost, epistemological profit is gained, distilled through the learning effects of direct experience.

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