Others question the sustainability of the growth-at-all-costs model and fear the experiment could end badly.

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Now, Stojkovic, working together with Loyola Marymount University physicist Dr. Jonas Mureik, has proposed an experiment to test this model.

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Audenc.io is still toying with monetization whether to go with a monthly retainer or a project-based payment model but Myers has time to experiment as she considers Summer 2013 something of a proving ground.

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The game launches on Thursday, and the participation of a major brand like the NFL here means this will be a closely watched experiment of how successful the online business model Quick Hit uses will be.

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Rather than inspiring the Persian Gulf's more authoritarian monarchies to reform, its 46-year-old experiment with limited democracy has often seemed a model to be avoided.

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Finally, this allows institutions to experiment with increasing their online programming without fully turning away from their tried and true model.

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In Milwaukee, the model city for vouchers, where a group of mainly poor black mothers convinced the city's Democratic establishment to experiment, supporters of school choice took over the local school board.

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