I always think about things like cakes or flowers, that it is a sign of deeper love than other, more lasting things because they often end up costing you a fortune or taking lots of time, yet they are so fragile, which makes them intrinsically more valuable to the recipient".
By tapping into Pfizer's network, DC's health department is benefiting from relationships that would have taken it years, not to mention thousands of dollars, to build.John Tedstrom, the chief executive of the GBC, says that contributions in kind are not only more valuable to the recipient, they are often worth more than companies would want to write a cheque for.
It wants to be expensive because it can be immeasurably valuable to the recipient.
Brand followed up his much-circulated aphorism with this caution about intellectual property: "[Information] wants to be expensive because it can be immeasurably valuable to the recipient.
These FDIC guarantees were arguably even more valuable to the recipient companies than the TARP cash injections because without them their futures were in doubt; any attempt to issue debt would have likely resulted in exorbitant interest rates and a reduction in the percentage of the company owned by existing shareholders.
Effective feedback: 1) clarifies the task by providing instruction and correction; 2) improves motivation that can prompt increased effort; and 3) is perceived as valuable by the recipient, because it is provided by credible sources (Table 1).
While offering some recipients valuable help to train and find jobs, Clinton's changes also imposed strict new rules.
As the late political scientist, Mancur Olson, pointed out, these goodies are highly valuable to the recipients but the cost to the average voter of any single perk will be small.
Logically, the information itself then becomes more valuable to some recipients than to others because of its source, and its veracity, credibility or sheer entertainment value is affected by the relationship of the sender to the recipient.
