"There are the intangible benefits of owning and managing property from a student standpoint, " he says.
In the northern cities, the intangible benefits, of feelgood factor, were rated more highly than the tangible ones of, say, increased tourist spending.
The test has been expanded to include not only direct benefits, but also intangible benefits such as reputational and business interests, as is evident in the recent highly-publicized case of Rajat Gupta.
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Since the intangible benefits of buying a hybrid are difficult to quantify, calculating the payback usually focuses on the specific hybrid you buy, sales price differential to a standard car, projected gas costs, maintenance costs and tax rebates.
The intangible benefits are equally estimable.
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Clinical results from MSKCC and many of the other most renowned tertiary care centers are widely known to be unable to ever be reproduced in broader populations, almost certainly because patients at places like MSKCC are disproportionately younger, more fit, have more resources, and have whatever other intangible benefits are conferred by being motivated to travel beyond their local cancer center for very specialized care.
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Consistency and predictability not only provide intangible psychological benefits, but they also make it easier for investors to plan for their future.
The gate receipts from sold-out stadiums, media revenues, and the intangible but very real benefits of goodwill all stay with the brand new Urbanized and Tressel-free school with a bright football future.
One cannot put a price on a clean conscience, nor quantify the benefits, however intangible initially, from being a seminal part of the solution you wish for the world.
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There are other more intangible considerations, such as how hybrids help the environment and the benefits you may receive for driving a hybrid.
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