Before focusing on the specific application of the 3.8% Medicare Surtax to an individual investment situation, it is important to establish a general understanding of this tax.
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Although the dialogue produced no concrete results, it is an important step to improve mutual understanding and trust between the two countries.
Well Kellerman points out that it is important to understand that our current brand and understanding of leadership if very different than how leadership used to be understood and taught.
As private equity and hedge funds continue to enter mainstream life in the United States, the United Kingdom and around the world, it becomes more and more important for all of us to have a clear understanding of what it is that they really do, who benefits from their successes and who is at risk from their losses.
The entire debate over the terminology might look to a marketing practitioner like an Ivory Tower nitpicking but it is an important one because metaphor-based terms rely on our understanding of the underlying concepts to guide our actions.
Beyond creating the conditions for innovation, this understanding makes it important that for any competition of this sort, it is important to be clear that not everything will be successful.
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It's those questions of productivity that are becoming more important to understanding the way the economy is working, or not working all that well.
This handbook has been prepared to further understanding among UNESCO staff and key stakeholders on what evaluation is, why it is important and who is responsible for what in the evaluation process.
UNESCO: Evaluation Guidelines | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
It is equally important to understand the conversation as trying to measure it, and in my experience most brands try to measure before understanding.
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Therefore it is particularly important to have a well-informed population with access to accurate and independent information from diverse sources, with an understanding of the decision-making processes.
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