The problem here is that when the product is ready to launch, the MSRP may end up being the wrong price because it was developed based on cost instead of what the end consumer will pay.
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We'll help the world's poorest nations reduce emissions by giving them government-developed technologies at low cost, or in some case, no cost at all.
So far the main drivers of European inflation have been the same as most major developed economies: the surging cost of oil and basic food products such as dairy and wheat.
Real rates are now negative in developed countries, so the opportunity cost of holding gold has disappeared.
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The City will accomplish this by launching the RFI, and working with private sector service providers to determine best practices and innovative solutions that will allow the low-cost broadband to be developed.
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Instead, it is using an inflation index it has developed, called the Higher Education Cost Adjustment, which is designed to take into account the cost of the goods and services purchased by colleges and universities, and which is consistently higher than CPI.
Where they have thrived is either in cost-conscious emerging markets or in cost-sensitive areas of developed markets defined by clear specifications and minimal innovation.
In the past stripped down versions of products designed for developed economies were positioned as a low cost and cheap alternative in the emerging markets.
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By extracting electrons and energy-laden gas, his 2006-founded company, Cambrian Innovation, has developed a product that can cut the cost of treating wastewater by 30% to 60%, depending on the application area.
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In the less developed markets of the world, the cost perspectives, living and operating conditions and emissions regulations are closer to where they are in China than they are in the United States, Germany or Japan.
Regulations are developed and written in areas where a careful cost and benefit analysis reveals that regulations are justified and necessary to ensure an adequate level of protection to people, property and the environment.
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But charities and fairtrade groups have criticised other retailers for failing to follow suit and argued that many popular products continue to be sold in developed countries at a fraction of their true cost of production.
The conversion could cost even more if the various technologies developed for functions such as encryption and compression are not compatible with each other.
She built the social enterprise on her technology, the SunSaluter, a cost-effective solar panel rotator she developed which she says increases the efficiency of solar panels.
APIs allow new apps or interfaces to be developed, tested and deployed with great speed and low cost.
FMC-Tech has developed a system that delivers dramatically improved network performance at lower cost.
Developed in the 1960s, the poverty threshold represents the basic cost of food for a household, multiplied by three.
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Developing countries demand low-cost products with adequate, durable technology, while developed countries expect frequent breakthroughs in technology at reasonable price points.
The developed equipment is easy to use, and has a lower cost, so allowed the execution of the multiple field experiments necessary to obtain good and valuable information to study the runoff generation and soil losses processes.
The cost of that lesson is now being borne by the developed world's taxpayers.
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Cost-effective electronic identification and traceability of sheep must be developed and delivered to the industry as a matter of urgency.
The government is taking measures to stabilize growth by pushing for more investment projects, reducing tax burdens and allowing private sector investment in strategic industries as China tries moving away from being a low-cost manufacturing hub dependent on the ever-declining growth of the developed world.
We had difficulty at first getting exact cost comparisons for similar treatments, but we did our due diligence and developed accurate comparisons.
Lincoln Trust Co. of Denver has developed what it calls a "personalized expense ratio" so participants can see the cost easily, said Tom Gonnella, Lincoln's senior vice president of corporate development.
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Systems developed by the Army frequently have hit dead-ends as a result of technical, cost or other factors.
He believes he has developed a system to capture CO2 from the atmosphere at low heat and potentially at low cost.
Enabling lower cost money transfer and access to new financial services to billions of individuals in developed and developing markets, using mobile technology platforms.
One of the reasons we in the developed world are as rich as we are is our astonishing easy access to low-cost, clean, reliable electrical power.
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The cost, especially for small amounts sent to nations with a less well-developed financial sector, can be as much as 20% of the sum, according to the World Bank.
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