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Selfishness entails: (a) a hierarchy of values set by the standard of one's self-interest, and (b) the refusal to sacrifice a higher value to a lower one or to a nonvalue.
The Virtue of Selfishness Rand, Ayn 1961
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A sacrifice, it is necessary to remember, means the surrender of a higher value in favor of a lower value or of a nonvalue.
The Virtue of Selfishness Rand, Ayn 1961
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"Sacrifice" is the surrender of a greater value for the sake of a lesser one or of a nonvalue.
The Virtue of Selfishness Rand, Ayn 1961
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The disvalue would become nonvalue; activity would give place to passivity, with which it is not at war, save when there effectively is war.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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Site MRO Purchasing's plan, in fact, has helped to reduce costs of buying maintenance, repair and operations goods and services by about 11% annually-and to streamline processes so that both the buying operation and its internal customers can spend less time on nonvalue added tasks.
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"As we moved forward with our manufacturing master plans," says Jim Truog, manager of strategic purchasing at Wacker, "we elected to use VMI as a way to eliminate nonvalue-added labor and waste for our company and our suppliers."
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"The goal is to eliminate nonvalue and thus be able to move value through the process more quickly."
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"The goal is to eliminate nonvalue and thus be able to move value through the process more quickly."
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Suppliers have improved product flow by as much as 90%, identified and reduced nonvalue-added activities by 67%, reduced cycle time by 60% and reduced work-in-process by $150,000.
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In research they conducted over various periods and across multiple geographic locations, Fama and French determined that stocks characterized as "value stocks" have consistently outperformed nonvalue stocks.
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