For politicians and commentators to make the similarly politically correct--and vacuous--suggestion that individuals shouldn't profit from quality information is part and parcel with the wrongheaded notion that individuals should be made equal in all walks of life.
Thus while the core micro finance is a for-profit model all other life quality supporting services are rendered either free or non-profit basis. and on core micro finance, through our focus on efficiency we probably offer a rate which is lower than not-for-profit NGOs too!
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Many of them -- for-profit and non-profit -- provide quality education to our servicemembers and our veterans and their families.
Salman Khan is Founder and Executive Director of Khan Academy, a non-profit organisation providing free, high-quality education worldwide.
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Critics of for-profit education generally contend that the private sector is willing to sacrifice educational quality and the interests of the student in order to generate a short-term profit, an argument that Stanfield suggests is largely unsubstantiated by economic theory, empirical evidence or sound reasoning.
The goal of the retrenchment, he told analysts and investors Friday, was to put Citi on a course for better-quality and more sustainable revenue and profit growth in the future.
Because of the price structures discussed above, they can get away comparable quality at reasonable prices while still making a profit.
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It is, moreover, a consumer cooperative, founded 60 years ago by some climbers with no profit motive, just a need to import high-quality ice axes from Switzerland.
He picks a product or service that he thinks will make a quick profit, and sets the price as high and the quality as low as he believes the market will bear.
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Change the Equation is a non-profit organization dedicated to mobilizing the business community to improve the quality of STEM education in the United States.
She is also creating a non-profit organization, iLearn4Free, which focuses on providing free quality education to children of developing nations through mobile technology.
And profit is queen only because the manifestation of negative profit takes longer than negative cash, which is the reason why quality service is even tolerated as a business practice.
For persons residing in the latter camp, the profit motive drives competition and innovation that leads to efficient production and quality enhancements in the private sector, and they believe that the same market forces can be harnessed to improve the efficiency and quality of education provision.
The profit motive can play a part by improving both the quantity and the quality of care on offer.
But Ms Teather said the government would support it in setting up as an independent, not-for-profit social enterprise "to carry on its outstanding work driving up the quality of school meals".
But as Unocal's Azerbaijan investments come on line and generate profit, those returns will be even juicier, upgrading ChevronTexaco's overall earnings quality.
Stephen Guillard was CEO of several large skilled nursing facility operators including HCR ManorCare and was chairman of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, a trade group that represents large for-profit nursing home companies.
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On paper his business never made more than a small profit, but its meat products (burgers and Philly steaks) were rated as good quality by those who knew the brand.
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Allowing for-profit hospitals and clinics would lead to new investment, increase the range of services and improve quality of life.
They will wake up everyday and focus on making profits by providing the highest quality care at the lowest cost and they'll never again be torn between turning a profit and improving the health care of individuals who make sure of communities and our country.
But if high-quality free courses suddenly become available across the board, that changes the business model for the for-profit sector and makes schools that accept MOOC credits more affordable.
"It's one of the world's great models of social entrepreneurship--and an example of using a just-in-time approach to delivering affordable, quality health services, " says Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and chief executive of the not-for-profit Acumen Fund.
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