Rising labor and land costs mean foreign companies in China must either increase the value-added content of their products to increase profit margins, or sell to the domestic market.

由于中国劳动力成本和土地价格大幅上涨，为了保持合理利润空间，跨国公司不得不转投生产更高附加值的商品，或把目光转回国内市场。

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The app innovation unleashed by smartphones puts pressure on traditional telecom profit centres, not only around value-added services, but also on core messaging and voice services.

智能手机促使应用革新，这样把压力转移到传统的电信营利中心，这种压力不仅存在于增值服务方面，还包括其核心的讯息和通话服务。

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Each business unit was required to earn a shareholder value-added profit margin of 20% on average over the business cycle.

每种业务须在商业周期内赚取平均20%的股东增值利润。

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However, management assumed that those interpersonal skills would translate into added value or profit to the company, perhaps through a reduction in transaction costs or an improvement to company culture.

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If they then start to actually use that investment in some productive way that pays wages and earns a profit, then they start to generate additional value-added from that activity, and that value-added continues to be created as long as they keep doing that productivev activity.

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But purchasing equipment does not automatically add anything to economic value-added, once you have given credit to the original manufacturer for his labour and profit in the item.

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