And by leveraging their merits seeding an idea in blogs and traditional media, driving participants to a social media platform for action and viral distribution, and then leveraging the power of search the aggregate far exceeds the sum of each of the parts and the result is exponential media coverage, awareness and overall word-of-mouth.
The next generation enterprise, enterprise 2.0, is greater than the sum of its parts, and is capable of applying the systemic changes required to ensure a sustainable future.
For the moment it is merely the sum of its parts and, as such, it is liable to enjoy the unflattering distinction of being valued, from the moment of its creation, mainly in terms of its break-up potential.
Dissident shareholders, many of them former leaders of Morgan Stanley, have pressed for the dismantling of the firm, saying the parts are worth more than the sum and arguing that returning to its core investment-banking roots would boost growth.
"The best type of coalitions are where the parties are more than the sum of their parts, where they bid each other up and they raise the bar, " he told the BBC's Sunday Politics.
As a result, the whole is made greater than the sum of its parts, and businesses can achieve unprecedented speed to innovation and speed to insight.
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The doubt of outsiders media, fans, pundits on the television screens during pregame creates an us-against-the-world mentality, and fuels teams to be greater than the sum of their parts.
While Icahn seems to be pushing to break the company up, the sum of the parts may be worth between 8% and 17% more.
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Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, said the prison was "in many ways, the sum of its three disparate parts" and acknowledged progress had been "inconsistent".
Raymie and I collaborated on a presentation within Yahoo which was universally well received, and I believe that presentation became more than the sum of its parts due primarily to his participation and perspective.
Shareholders of the UK's Vodafone are banging on the doors, too, asking why the company's stock is trading an estimated 30 percent lower than the sum of its parts -- and they want something done about it.
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Hawkins and Cates completed a lengthy sum-of-the-parts valuation of Dell that blasted the founder and private equity shop Silver Lake Partners for low-balling.
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In other words, the sum of parts of Nokia and net cash are worth much more than its market cap now, which means NOK share is right now heavily undervalued.
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The Frenchman was not the first, nor the last, outsider to feel both the allure and the vindictive sting of a modern Greece that manages in an uncanny way to be much more, and much less, than the sum of its parts.
The best hope for shareholders, employees and managers is that the integrated new Boeing is greater than the sum of the parts.
Good charts keep this in mind and give us a sum greater than the whole of its parts.
Starting with self-leadership, you can amplify your efforts through others, harnessing their talents, energy and passion so that together, your team, business or organisation, can create synergy and achieve more than any sum of the parts ever could.
"Mirror Mirror" may not add up to the sum of its better parts -- and it's a curious time of year to release it -- but there should be an audience for a frivolous family film with this many frills and ruffles.
However, when they go out into real life and practice, somehow the whole is less than the sum of its parts.
Close and productive partnerships have made the mobile industry more than a sum of its parts.
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They enable their members to contribute to, and pull from, the network to accomplish more than the sum of the parts would indicate.
Together, these dense collections of utterly unique histories, cultures, tastes and attitudes combine to create larger communities greater than the sum of their already considerable parts.
It is struggling to attract customers, and has lead many investors to complete sum-of-the-parts valuations: Many believe Sears will either liquidate or that Lampert will buy the small public float that remains.
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It is about equipping people with collaborative productivity solutions that are easy to use, easy to access, and work so well together that collectively they are worth more than the sum of their parts.
When men and women work together on the investing equation, the whole turns out to be greater than the sum of the parts.
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But, buoyed by its killer hook and Black Lips' obvious enthusiasm, it's a ramshackle gem that's more than the sum of its parts.
Dr Michael Nolan, a senior lecturer at the University of Hull Business School, said a national economy was a "sum of its parts" and different areas could experience vastly different economic fortunes.
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Pioneered by MOMA, with the Modern, and spreading, with varying degrees of success, to the Whitney (Untitled), the Guggenheim (the Wright), and the Museum of Arts and Design (Robert), the formula, if executed well, can create a sum that is greater than its parts.
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