When it has a scarce resource that it wants to turn into a desirable outcome, it thinks in terms of efficiency.

Standard methods continue to emphasize labor efficiency even though that resource now constitutes a (very) small part of cost in most cases.

(k) Resource efficiency To minimize the use of scarce and non renewable resources in the development and operation of tourism facilities and services

The motives were largely similar across regions and were dependent on the types of OFDI (market seeking, efficiency seeking, resource seeking, asset augmenting).

So I think the Eden Project is a fairly good example of how ideas from biology can lead to radical increases in resource efficiency delivering the same function, but with a fraction of the resource input.

Such policies and institutional improvements increase productivity, promote competition, facilitate specialization, enhance the efficiency of resource allocation, protect the environment, and reduce risks and uncertainties.

The economic transition would help maintain and strengthen Europe s competitiveness in a global economy that is increasingly competing on the basis of sustainability and resource efficiency.

Relentless efficiency gains in agriculture and resource extraction pushed down prices for commodities, especially during the 1980 s and 1990 s. With few exceptions, countries that focused on commodity exports performed dismally, whereas many resource poor Asian countries raced ahead.

(i) At the United Nations global headquarters level, member state expectations are high for rationalization of procurement and human resource management, increased administrative efficiency and cost reductions.

The programme also aims to increase resource efficiency and better management by introducing the concept of cleaner production in participating industrial companies and to strengthen the capacity of local partners.

(iv) To stimulate the development and diffusion of technologies designed to increase the efficiency of resource use or reduce the impacts of drivers such as climate change and nutrient loading

Companies and investors are hedging their bets by taking a few resource efficiency measures and investing in some low carbon assets, but leaving their high carbon portfolios and activities largely intact.

Ensuring that all budgets are reviewed by people s congresses at various levels would enhance resource efficiency by reducing fiscal competition between the central and local governments as well as among local governments.

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Efficiency

That allows us to have incredible efficiency and cost efficiency.

There is, of course, wide variation in the nature and motives of FDI from different regions of the developing world, with important examples of natural resource seeking, market seeking and efficiency seeking FDI.

Staffing efficiency is only one measure of the cost efficiency of procurement performance.

Spectral efficiency, spectrum efficiency or bandwidth efficiency refers to the information rate that can be transmitted over a given bandwidth in a specific communication system.

The Plan encourages an accelerated shift towards sustainable consumption and production, where appropriate de linking economic growth and environmental degradation through improved efficiency and sustainability in the use of resources and reduced resource degradation, pollution and waste.

One of the limitations of this approach for sound public administration is that profit maximization and efficiency of resource use are essential but not sufficient with respect to promoting and protecting public goods, such as the environment.

We had knowledge about the electromechanical efficiency and then we can calculate the aerodynamic efficiency.

Mr. Terzi (Turkey) said that, owing to the growing size and complexity of peacekeeping missions, the Organization was facing a management challenge and growing pressure to improve efficiency and effectiveness as a result of increasing financial resource requirements.

Transaction costs and efficiency

Turn now to efficiency.

Energy conservation and efficiency

Fourthly, efficiency is essential.

Resource requirements

Resource constraints

Resource requirements

Resource requirements

Resource mobilization

Resource mobilization

Resource needs

Resource requirements

Resource mobilization

Resource requirements

Resource requirements

Resource requirements

Resource requirements

At the national level, the consolidation of SOEs and banks, and the modernization of their corporate governance via public listing on stock exchanges, enabled improved efficiency in regulated utilities, hard infrastructure, and resource sectors, complementing liberalization and market growth.

Parties reported that their approach to combating climate change would therefore be influenced by such issues as improving production and resource utilization efficiency, improving health due to reduction in pollution levels, and creating additional opportunities for employment and wealth.

In order to go beyond the present practice of seeking resources for incremental needs, it is necessary for the Secretariat to measure and assess the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of administrative processes and their impact on human and other resource needs.

C. Transaction costs and efficiency

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