Like hotels and airlines, every empty stadium seat represents a fixed cost and a perishable product.
But for any given store, falling revenue on a fixed cost base translates to significant pressure.
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However, for the star value they bring their franchise as a fixed cost, they are highly underpaid.
The introduction of the euro has in effect brought down the fixed cost of trading in the euro area.
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In return, it gets a portion of the silver for the life of the mine at a fixed cost.
The information economy is characterized by low to zero marginal cost of information once the fixed cost has been incurred.
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Given the high fixed cost base related to operating a steel mill, margins will also decline if a plant is not operated at optimal capacity.
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Energy costs are the highest fixed cost for hotels after salaries.
But everything else the company does is a fixed cost.
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Today, Pennell believes that the number of fixed cost technologies is higher than is sustainable but in 2009, the maturity of Cloud technologies was not sufficient to support the challenging requirements of the Games.
The benefits of breaking the stranglehold of a union that has turned wages into something approaching a fixed cost are innumerable for a firm that is now fighting the competition with one hand tied behind its back.
If income is declining, which it is both because vacancy rates are rising and also because local councils are cutting the amounts they are willing to pay for care, labour is a fixed cost, then obviously rent needs to be reduced to avoid bankruptcy.
Entitlements need to be converted from open-ended obligations with terrible incentives to fixed-cost, predictable obligations, e.g.
It is a source of base load, low-carbon and largely fixed-cost power for many utilities.
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With their studios and transmitters in place, broadcasters are, in effect, fixed-cost producers.
Also, as viewership increases, a broadcaster can secure higher advertising rates for its fixed-cost content, leading to fatter profit margins.
Should it be a fixed-cost deal (where all unexpected savings go to the outsourcer) or a joint venture, giving each partner a stake in success?
This is important, because television production is a fixed-cost business.
He says the drop in estimated earnings caused by bad weather issues is to be expected because of the high fixed-cost in maintaining the helicopters and other associated expenses.
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He added that Tesco should have an advantage over its traditional rivals with its lower fixed-cost base, benefiting from its Internet base as well as its ability to set up shop at Tesco hypermarkets.
Netflix : As mentioned in our previous response, management believes that in a largely fixed-cost streaming world with ease of cancellation and subsequent rejoin, net additions provides the most meaningful insight into our business performance and consumer acceptance of our service.
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Your argument is that almost all administrative cost is fixed and thus on what you define as total cost the private sector administrative cost on a per member basis is lower.
Owners: they would like more fixed and lower cost to that fifth year.
Next up, an ambitious effort to inaugurate a low-cost fixed wireless phone service in Mexico early next year (the technology is wireless, but the range of use will be about 2 kilometers).
Next up, an ambitious effort to inaugurate a low-cost fixed wireless phone service in Mexico early next year (the technology is wireless, but the range of use will be about 1 mile).
Offering insurance at a fixed, low cost will also have an unintended effect on behaviour: the sickest people will be the first to buy, since they expect the highest medical costs in the future.
However the report said that increased competition had brought down the cost of fixed line telephone costs while lower servicing charges and tyre costs had reduced the cost of car upkeep.
The global disparity in fixed broadband access and cost has been revealed by UN figures.
But buying inexpensive housing, with a low-cost, fixed-rate mortgage, offers a different balance of risks.
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