What one wants is a direct measure of economically relevant skills.
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This method provides a more direct measure of where ARRA impacts are likely to be felt than does the first method, but it has an important drawback.
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The good news is that half of the 24 industry groups use metrics that most highly correlate to value, and also use TSR as a direct measure of shareholder value.
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The companies in these industries are either not using the metrics that are most strongly correlated to value or, when the overall correlations of financial metrics to shareholder value are poor, they are not sufficiently using TSR as a direct measure of shareholder performance.
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The National Farmers' Union (NFU) said it reluctantly accepted the pre-emptive cull but others are warning of direct action against the measure.
By that measure housing direct contribution is higher than its been anytime since roughly 2003 and indeed significantly higher than in 2005.
The measure even allows direct comparisons of profitable companies with unprofitable ones.
And by any measure, the direct costs themselves look quite small.
The minister said that the measure will have a direct impact on companies that provide services to the public and will make real difference for people's lives.
The measure would give ministers powers to direct councils to work more closely together to deliver more efficient and cost effective services.
The ONS's advisory committee rejected the idea that the new measure, CPIH, should contain a direct assessment - known as the payments approach - of how much homeowners spend each month on paying for their homes.
The measure's supporters say that proxy votes are the most direct way to influence corporate governance, and that investors have the right to know whether a fund manager has voted in their best interests.
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Until this study, it was difficult to measure if what people say to each other about their brand experience has a direct effect on sales.
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