He said that some private-sector companies would consider employing women, but were put off by the cost and the lack of knowledge of how to hire them.
The cost of that monopoly is the publication and dissemination of that knowledge.
With Acabiz, knowledge hunters can spend a fraction of the cost they would spend with consultancies and acquire knowledge from leading experts in their respective subjects first-hand.
This is because outside lenders fear that it will exploit its inside knowledge and the cost of enforcing contracts to repay less than it should.
All intellectual property violates the efficiency rule that price should equal marginal cost of reproduction, which for knowledge is nearly zero.
With modern technology, knowledge workers and knowledge businesses can escape urban congestion and the high cost of living by moving to the open spaces.
It is lack of knowledge and skills that is the main problem, rather than the cost of the work.
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Without knowledge of the future, I can reduce my pricing risk by dollar-cost averaging my investment.
People with knowledge of the talks say the government is putting pressure on SNS Reaal to limit the cost for taxpayers.
After about two weeks of accumulated knowledge and widespread publicity about the H1N1 outbreak, policymakers worldwide are left with vexing cost-benefit decisions.
Stanford University professor of economics Paul Romer, known for his theories about how knowledge and technology affect economic growth, is now thinking about how technology will make the hidden cost of wasted time less hidden.
"We hope to support millions of teachers around the world in expanding their skills, networks and knowledge, by opening up access to some of the best resources out there, free of cost, " said co-founder Daphne Koller.
While cost efficiencies do make a lot of sense in the short term, it is important to understand whether all this knowledge drain will prevent the effective bounce back of the organization when the high growth economy returns?
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