But as the Munich insurer showed this week, its priority is the value of its asset.
"Two years ahead of a general election campaign, the justice secretary is giving his desire to 'sound tough' a higher priority than giving taxpayers value for money or protecting public safety, " said the charity's chief executive, Frances Crook.
Knight Ridder has always had a reputation for journalistic excellence as well as for making that value a priority over the bottom line--which is perhaps why Knight Ridder's financial performance has lagged that of its industry peers for years.
While value was the one priority for business executives (80%), it was less so for CIOs (53%), who were more inclined to see meeting compliance requirements (58%) as a good reason to go to cloud.
FORBES: IT Executives Not Worried About Finding Cloud Computing Expertise: Survey
The high priority areas should be those processes crucial to value creation in which you are behind or falling behind.
FORBES: How CIOs and CTOs should Improve their Businesses with the Private Cloud
When Micro Focus becomes involved, IT will often choose one or two high priority applications whose improvement will deliver the most value.
Creating value for shareholders remains a top priority, and in the first half of fiscal 2013, we returned over 95% of operating cash flows through share redemptions and dividends.
FORBES: Seagate FY Q2 Tops Ests; Outlook Misses; Shrs Off (Updated)
Nissan says getting great value for the money is the top priority for Altima drivers.
My second priority continues to be to strengthen our ability to deliver real value for money to benefit Africa.
"I take this issue very seriously and my priority is to ensure that taxpayers' money is spent appropriately and delivers value for money, " the justice secretary said.
BBC: Serco and G4S face billing probe over electronic tagging
And we do not value those who are secure less when we say that our first priority must be to help the insecure.
It confuses (a) the fact that is physically necessary for a person to remain alive in order for him to continue to have values with (b) themoral priority of his own life over the other things he (or others) might value.
For China to truly transition to a service economy and produce products high up the value chain with real innovation--as the government has made a priority in fields like aircraft, and clean technologies--it must have the business minds that can lead the way there.
应用推荐