Based on economic analysis, one of the greatest potential benefits of cloud computing stems from elasticity.
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According to the Wagenaar study, heavy drinkers are subject to a price elasticity of -0.28.
But this study offers a little elasticity to what can feel like a zero-sum situation.
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This law rules the world of technology because of what economists call price elasticity of demand.
Louis-based digital word-of-mouth agency Elasticity and is an 18-year veteran of the public industry.
Djokovic and Murray have more in common, so their battles are defined by pain and elasticity.
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The elasticity can be seen in the ability to grow without simultaneously growing a substantial administrative overhead.
The price elasticity of demand is such that if prices rose by 10%, volume only falls by 4%.
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In a crowded, commoditized market characterized by price elasticity, prices will fall, accompanied by a rush for market share.
Is there enough price elasticity in parking fees to make the plan work?
My agency, Elasticity, recently pitched, and lost, a fairly lucrative prospective client.
Especially if elasticity is low, policymakers should be seeking assurance that charities spend money in a particularly wise, effective way.
The scalability, flexibility and the elasticity of AWS makes it an ideal environment for the agencies to run their analytics.
That said, the elasticity need not be stable from country to country, or the same for all types of donor.
Krugman and Krueger cite that there is a negative relationship between social mobility and inequality based on intergenerational elasticity of income.
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After the story hit, some influential people in the business community approached my partner, Brian Cross, and me at Elasticity.
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However, as these studies have become more sophisticated, the consensus estimate of the tax-price elasticity has diminished to significantly less than one.
But for higher-rate taxpayers as a whole the elasticity was just 0.33.
You get positive elasticity, which means that revenues rise when prices decline.
Using a different econometric method gets a cross-elasticity of about .20%, or a 2% increase in gas for every 10% decrease in price.
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Even a very conservative estimate of price elasticity (-0.1) would imply a 10% decline in volume in 2013 due to the base effect.
The cell produces more structural proteins, which in turn puff up the skin and give it the appearance of improved tone and elasticity.
The concentration of metal as little as 2% by volume is low enough not to constrain the material's elasticity, but high enough to conduct electricity.
To replicate this gradual force, Prof Newman and her colleague James Waldie designed a form-fitting suit, incorporating fibres that have a "tuneable" elasticity.
If it experiences fluctuating demand, we may recommend it be housed in a public cloud environment that provides the best economics and required elasticity.
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Consider, for example, what we call the price elasticity of wages, as defined in economics to capture the relationship between pay and employee effort.
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It provides some much needed elasticity both in terms of cost and more importantly the agility needed in the supply chain to support future growth.
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Chef Leung Tsang Hoi is busy making dough for the har gau dumplings pulling and kneading it to make sure it is of the perfect elasticity.
These manufacturers are able to analyze a price elasticity curve, yielding a forecast of the average unit retail price before product development dollars are spent.
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