"What a wonderful thing to make health care so low in cost and so convenient that we consume more of it, not less, " Christensen says.
Citi's Benson believes the German company Wacker Chemie should be least affected by the feed-in tariffs because of its low-cost position in polysilicon, a material used to make solar panels.
The European Commission imposed the duties in 2006, following a complaint by European manufacturers who argued that they were unable to compete with shoes dumped in the European market by low-cost producers in China and Vietnam.
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In China too, Ford is developing a low cost model in its Hangzhou plant in Eastern part of the country which is due to begin production from 2015.
Telecom gear maker UTStarcom grew tenfold in four years by selling low-cost phone systems in China, then suddenly stumbled.
The firm has also focused on expanding manufacturing capacity in low cost manufacturing locations.
Trakdot has been created by GlobaTrac LLC , a pioneering innovator in low cost tracking solutions.
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Look what happened to Nokia, the old leader in low cost cell phone production and sales.
But labor activists say the same problems are rampant in low-cost Asian countries, which produce most of the world's clothing.
The innovation allowed me to invest in low-cost index funds because these products sold like stocks on a stock exchange.
An inevitable increase in freight costs is not going to wipe out the benefits of manufacturing in low-cost countries abroad.
But manufacturing at low cost in ambient conditions is not so easy.
The company was able to extend its portfolio to three CSPs in its home market and benefited from consumers' interest in low-cost smartphones.
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Big Pharma could integrate low production cost in China with the quality control of Western medicine and tap a huge domestic demand, Li foresees.
Every major company has taken advantage of the lowest interest rates in our lifetime to lock in low cost debt for years to come.
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For Legesse and Oxfam, the main issue with nanotechnology solutions is that they are affordable and can be replicated at a low cost in developing countries.
The distribution centers will be located in low-cost industrial areas.
More than seventy per cent of physicians in high-cost cities referred the patient to a gastroenterologist, ordered an upper endoscopy, or both, while half as many in low-cost cities did.
IDC's senior analyst Kevin Restivo puts it down to Huawei's advantage in low-cost devices, not to mention its placement within China -- a country that can't get enough of phones.
The concept, called the "Internet of Things, " has been kicking around for many years, but a recent boom in low-cost sensors and popular gadgets like the Nest smart thermostat have led to more gadgets that successfully add Web connectivity.
Tech hiring has picked up in places like Silicon Valley, New York and DC, but consistently the fastest growth in science, engineering and technical jobs has been in low-cost states such as North Dakota, Virginia, New Mexico, Utah and Texas.
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And then finally, the other thing I've always been a big believer in, and Forbes magazine has been a great supporter from the very beginning of my Random Walk book, and that is put your money in low-cost index funds.
In a bid to acquire a foothold in low-cost generics, the Japanese firm paid 737 rupees a share last June, forking out a premium of 31% to the company's stock price at the time. (See Daiichi Sankyo Decides Generics Are Healthy Biz).
The company is a huge beneficiary of globalisation: able not only to source its products at low cost in Asia but to sell the finished goods there as well (there was a near-riot in Beijing when customers could not buy the latest iPhone).
The firm, entitled HelpMeSee, has two missions: to provide direct funding to surgeons in the developing world for low-cost lens replacement surgeries performed on cataract blind adults and children, and to train 30 thousand cataract specialists in the developing world a low-cost, cost effective surgery using virtual reality simulators and courseware adapted from aviation training.
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Back in 2007 when western car companies talked up their low cost cars, they projected cost reductions in the region of 15%.
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And archrival Albemarle Corp. just opened a 15, 000-metric-ton-a-year bromine plant in Magnolia, Ark. that it claims gives it the low-cost position in the U.S. Prices don't look to improve anytime soon.
In short, if the Nokia expert is right about the low labor cost component in its products, Apple could easily raise its prices to pay those Foxconn workers a higher wage without losing market share or its gross margin.
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