Any program which accelerates the consumption of value, or worse, the destruction of value, ultimately make our society poorer.
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These concepts of shared value creation and shared value consumption are currently early adopter trends, enjoying niche acceptance and having their first initial success cases.
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We already see shared value consumption taking root in China.
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For example, the study is documenting a shift away from value-driven spending with more than 30 percent of respondents skeptical of the value of consumption itself.
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Many products and services are created along supply chains that travel from idea conception to final consumption and that include value-added activities of varying degrees of labor-, physical capital-, and intellectual capital-intensity.
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Despite increasing consumption taxes like VAT (value-added tax), the informal economy can still provide relief through various markets and bazaars.
In tandem, governments should switch the burden of taxation from consumption to capital by reducing value-added taxes and increasing taxes on capital and wealth.
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There often is debate about whether, if we went the national consumption tax route, a value-added tax (VAT) or retail sales tax (RST) would be better.
Gross value added is calculated at the level of branches of the economy as the value of output of goods and services less the value of intermediate consumption.
The indicators of the production of GDP are re-valued at constant prices with the double deflation method where the value added at constant prices is the difference between the value of output and the value of intermediate consumption at constant prices.
The entire project yielded nothing of value, nothing for consumption or service.
All that has happened in that intervening year is that the value of spectrum in the United States has increased in value as smartphone data consumption, and it is a data network Clearwire is building, has risen exponentially.
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Today, that value lies in the creation and consumption of information.
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Of course, by reducing consumption through the Controller, they would create enormous value for someone else.
What if Congress lowers income tax rates and imposes a consumption tax--perhaps a national sales or value added tax--to make up the difference?
Previous price rises, caused by weaker sterling and an increase in value-added tax, continue to chill consumption.
If inflation is defined as a fall in the value of money then the price of future consumption matters as much as the price of goods and services consumed today.
Reverse logistics means controlling the flow of material, inventory and finished goods from point of consumption to point of origin, for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.
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The correlation between chocolate consumption and Nobels is remarkably strong, with a p-value less than 0.0001, meaning that the odds that this is due to chance are less than 1 in 10, 000.
The new technology responds to demand from drivers for consumption of music on the road, combined with Volvo's core safety value.
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The growth of collaborative consumption comes from all of us seeking new ways to create profit and increase value in a globally connected society that loves to share.
Why delay near-term capital consumption if dollars invested and saved will, if lucky, come back reduced in value?
As HR becomes more able to value human capital investments and include them in financial statements, human capital consumption behavior will become much more transparent.
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At a very fundamental level, to the extent that they can, they should aim to control as much of the value chain as possible, from raw materials and creation through sales and consumption.
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Instead, the press has reported the findings at face value, and as if this is a study about the health benefits of reduced soda consumption.
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Instead, economies are nothing more than a collection of individuals producing in order to consume, delaying consumption in order to grow wealth through the provision of capital to others, and generally looking to offer the most value to others with an eye on getting the most value.
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