Less flashy than a diamond, more mysterious than an opal, the lustrous natural pearl has an aesthetic and material value that reflects its rareness.
In the case of bitcoin, a strong case can be made that, even with secondary markets, certain virtual currencies lack the legal elements of material value and property.
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Art-works have much more symbolic value than material value.
Fortunately, surviving collections of objects curated at the Museo del Oro in Bogota and British Museum in London can provide an insight into these different perspectives on material value and human perception and most importantly tell the true story behind the myths of El Dorado.
As a result, sales material and value proposition had to be updated quickly.
Most of this material has value to it, if aggregated in the proper way so that economies of scale can kick in and provide cost effective re-processing potential.
The fundamental model we teach MBAs for thinking about manufacturing is the value chain, a simple model that describes the value adding steps that take a low value material like iron ore and turn it into a high value product like a Ferrari Testarossa.
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The largely historical project represents a marked change for WikiLeaks, which until now has primarily focused on publishing leaked secret material with contemporary news value.
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Skiff's objective is to increase the value of material offered by newspapers and magazines by delivering them in a more attractive and distinct form than they exist on the Web.
Honoring the best designs in terms of ergonomics, safety, material selection, overall value and aesthetics from among a field of 40 vehicles having new or significantly redesigned accommodations, the editors at WardsAuto Magazine recently announced their annual list of 10 Best Interiors of 2012.
And your collection mechanism has to cost you less than the additional value you get by having more material at the end of it.
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Those dozens of little monsters have value too, as they function as material players use to level up creatures.
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Anchor customers often are significant value chain participants, such as large material suppliers, or original equipment manufacturers with a major position in a particular market.
Some emerging designers are eschewing new textiles altogether for upcycling, which means taking waste and reclaimed textile material and turning it into a product with higher value.
As process manufacturers, chemicals companies are on the upstream side of the overall consumer value chain, with heavy exposure to raw material pricing and energy costs.
Perhaps this shock will give rise to a new economic model in the West in which liberty and environmental sustainability have measurable value, to counteract our current infatuation with material wealth.
Counsel for the police argued that while the material may cause her professional concern it would be of "evidential value" to the police investigation.
"TV manufacturers strongly believe in 3D and are driving its cost downward, but its value to consumers relies strongly on the availability of quality material to watch, " Gray concluded.
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These new identities are characterised by the "material signs of capitalist prosperity", he explains, but its "confused value system" is not a product of the industry, rather, an existing reality that chalga amplified and solidified.
Buyers tend to equate value with price, so "jade and diamonds are prized for their material costs, " she says.
The government even wants to ban some raw-material exports, hoping to dragoon mining companies into building smelters and exporting higher-value goods.
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For high value manufacturing, product variety is the single biggest driver of cost as it dictates the material requirements and inventory, which is typically over 80 percent of the total cost.
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While the terms of the settlement will remain confidential and are not anticipated to have a material impact on our financial results for 2012, this settlement is a great step forward in validating the value of our IP portfolio and the investments we have made in the mobile market.
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Reverse logistics means controlling the flow of material, inventory and finished goods from point of consumption to point of origin, for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.
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