The focus is on value-in-use from collaboration around an activity.

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In other words, the problem is not the emphasis on shareholder value, but the use of short-term increases in a firm's share price as a proxy for it.

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For an enterprise to get maximum value from M2M, the ecosystem needs to come together to package their value-added services into an application that is simple-to-use and seamlessly integrates all the components in the background.

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One way to employ a value tilt in a portfolio is to use the Fama-French Three Factor Model.

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Video games and interactive apps on smart phones may still be okay, though data on the value of iPad use for one-year-olds is in its infancy.

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The big-picture value comes from putting a technique to use in the context of a business.

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The courts have long held that the IRS cannot use subjective, "value-laden" tests in administering nonprofit status.

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Growth in the use of derivatives is part of the fair-value challenge.

ECONOMIST: Accounting

These gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognising losses on long-term assets in their income statements.

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This is because they want to reach high-value business flyers, who often make bookings through corporate travel agents which, in turn, use a GDS to compile their itineraries.

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The alternative is a rules-based system in which the Fed begins to use quantitative tightening and easing to steady the value of the dollar as represented by the price of gold.

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