Usefulness
31Parkinson's disease — Parkinson s redirects here. For other uses, see Parkinson s (disambiguation). Parkinson s disease Classification and external resources …
32Convention on Psychotropic Substances — The Convention allows only medical and scientific uses of Schedule I drugs. Signed February 21, 1971 Location Vienna Effective August 16, 1976 Condition 4 …
33Classen's law — Claasen s logarithmic law of usefulness[1] is named after technologist Theo A. C. M. Claasen, who introduced the idea in 1999 when he was CTO of Philips Semiconductors: Usefulness = log(Technology) The law can also be expressed as: Technology =… …
34use — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Employment for a purpose Nouns 1. use, employ[ment]; exercise, application, appliance; adhibition, disposal; consumption; usufruct; recourse, resort, avail; utilization, service, wear; recycling; usage,… …
35Tao Te Ching — Traditional Chinese 道德經 Simplified Chinese 道德经 Hanyu Pinyin Dàodéjīng …
36Marginal utility — In economics, the marginal utility of a good or service is the utility gained (or lost) from an increase (or decrease) in the consumption of that good or service. Economists sometimes speak of a law of diminishing marginal utility, meaning that… …
37Marginalism — Economics …
38Shareholder value — is a business buzz term, which implies that the ultimate measure of a company s success is to enrich shareholders. It became popular during the 1980s, and is particularly associated with former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch. The term used… …
39Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs — Infobox Politician name=Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs nationality=American jr/sr and state= Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction party=Republican term= 1868 to 1872, 1873 to 1874 preceded=George J. Alden, Charles Beecher… …
40Paradox of value — Water diamonds. The paradox of value (also known as the diamond–water paradox) is the apparent contradiction that, although water is on the whole more useful, in terms of survival, than diamonds, diamonds command a higher price in the market. The …
