So Iridium had tried to push high-priced handsets and costly calls to quickly recoup the costs of parts, labor and distribution.

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What Japan has sorely needed of late is more adaptability outside of the factory, in its capital markets, labor force and distribution.

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Bottom line: there are lots of new, talented editor-curators out there who are attracting an audience using different labor, distribution and economic models.

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This implies that cooperative can also inform members of marketing and distribution opportunities, labor rights and non-chemical intensive farming techniques.

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Today, Solomon says, the two brothers have a good distribution of labor: Solomon handles the factory work back in China and Ellis sells.

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For example, workforce analytics enabled a large distribution company to analyze historical information and use it to optimize its labor force by scheduling the right mix of full-time, part-time and temporary labor on a variety of schedules.

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The principles of substitution states when a several similar or commensurate commodities, goods or services are available, the one with the lowest price will attract the greatest demand and wide distribution which is why many US companies move their manufacturing overseas, lower labor cost.

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The variable Stock and Watson ultimately cite is the decline in labor force participation, and they argue it is driven by the aging of the workforce and the overall distribution of workers by age.

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