Overall, the results of our research may contribute to improve the effectiveness of strategic foresight and to increase its value added to the planning process of corporate firms, while providing helpful insight to public organizations that promote foresight exercises for enhancing the competitiveness of local firms.
Greece plans to increase its value added tax, introduce additional taxes on fuel and tobacco, hotel overnight stays and internet use, the reports said.
Portugal has increased its value added tax by 1 percentage point across all categories, while increasing the top marginal tax rate by 1.5% on top earners and by 2.5% on corporations.
In July, when Spain announced it would increase its value-added tax to 21 percent from 18 percent, Inditex kept its prices flat.
The country's creditors are pushing the indebted nation to cut pension benefits and increase its value-added tax in order to have a 1percentt budget surplus in 2015 and a 2percentt surplus in 2016.
In recent years, Ghana has had the political intent to increase its value-added tax (VAT) (which remains progressive [ 101]) to fund two-thirds of its national health insurance [ 95].
For example, depending on the property's purpose, you may increase its value by adding more office, warehouse, storefront, amenity, parking, storage, conference, living and/or employee gathering space.
Gurus have been impressed with First American's desire to increase its value, and recently added another 70% to their position in the company, buying in the $25 range.
So when you take the No. 1 asset and you make it more scarce, you increase its value". To which Dell added, "He doesn't have to sign with anybody.
Its location in Begur, a prized vacation destination, also increases its value, she added, noting that Begur properties generally were around 30 percent more expensive than those in other high-end Costa Brava locations.
" House flipping " refers to the process of buying cheap, run-down property, increasing its value (either by adding improvements or simply by waiting for the market to perk up), and then re-selling it for a profit.
