It bids for jobs on a per-transaction basis and then uses computers and software to increase efficiency and its profit on the work.

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For me, what is noteworthy about this story is that these governmental entities have the feel of public-private partnerships, effectively mixing the strategic planning of entrepreneurial government agencies with aggressive economic development and a healthy orientation toward profit and efficiency.

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When it looked at the Catholic hospitals, it saw another opportunity to create profit through size and efficiency.

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Amazon is thought to be a ruthless negotiator, squeezing its partners for more efficiency and to help maintain its razor-thin profit margin.

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To develop the efficiency reserves, engineers make equipment and programming decisions based on maximizing profit, not a mark-up of products.

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Various techniques have been adopted in a bid to increase efficiency in the public sector and reduce costs by transferring management control to profit-motivated private firms.

ECONOMIST: Japan

Others say that private-sector efficiency could never have compensated for its higher costs of borrowing and requirement to turn a profit.

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Complexity erodes profit margins by gradually increasing costs and slowing down day to day business efficiency.

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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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