Stressing that the UK had "unique assets" to contribute to the military offensive, he added: "It is our duty to take part.
And once you have unique data assets that differentiate your business, it's often tempting to clutch them too tightly, assuming that the value of monetizing those data directly is more than the returns to sharing it and growing your ecosystem.
The US should stand ready to respond to requests for help if we have unique capabilities, including intelligence assets, essential for this mission.
We have unique skills, teams, experience and regional assets that give us a better chance of success than other regions.
Since late 2009, the hospital has had one unique asset: a piece of equipment called a P.C.R., which can multiply tiny samples of DNA and analyze them.
"We have some unique assets: Gustavo Dudamel, the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall, a wonderful orchestra and a vision about programming," Ms. Borda said.
That's because LinkedIn has four unique assets that position it well to make a considerable run into this space (if it chooses to).
Mr. Zakaria's central thesis is that while the U.S. still has many unique assets, "the rise of the rest" — the Chinas, the Indias, the Brazils and even smaller nonstate actors — is creating a world where many other countries are slowly moving up to America's level of economic clout and self-assertion, in every realm.
"We have a unique asset, and we are fully fundedwe don't need to ally with a larger company to compete," says Jofre.
"We think we're acquiring a set of assets that has unique affluent male appeal that's very attractive to advertisers and attractive to cable operators," Lazarus said.
