Fourth, we should seize the opportunities of advanced manufacturing to help change the cost equation for new energy technologies.
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The price-tag looks even heftier when the limited versatility and survivability of unmanned aircraft are factored into the life-cycle cost equation.
Fossil fuels might be cheaper in many parts of the world - but when they have to be transported in relatively small amounts across thousands of kilometres of ocean, the cost equation changes.
Unicover was not the only transactional cost in this equation.
Does cost even enter the equation on something -- and let me add to that, that there is evidence that there was a much larger contingent from the administration, more than 100.
Even if cost is removed from the equation, colleges and universities are faced with the enormous task of scaling a digital content system.
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If students can get college credit for completing MOOCs, that changes the equation dramatically and poses new cost competition to for-profit online schools.
While the amount of savings can differ greatly for a renter of a micro-unit versus a small-home owner, cost-effectiveness is definitely part of the equation in both models.
Where does cost of care and its related results enter into the equation?
And that forces you to look at both sides of the profit equation, working on the revenue side and working on the cost side.
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Instead of trying to figure out how to pay for the cost of care, we try to work on the other half of the equation: How to innovate to reduce costs and improve the quality and accessibility of care.
Take that out of the equation and app-based publishing, like print publishing, is a cost-heavy, money-losing proposition.
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