For the construction (backward linkage oriented), professional and miscellaneous (forward linkage oriented), and industrial activities (key sector), investment has been proved worthwhile by allowing increased opportunity of employment in the respective sectors (Fig. 11).
With massive omics data generated from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), various algorithms and tools for recognition of activated and altered pathways exist for integrative analysis of two or more types of omics data and are rapidly proving worthwhile [ 81].
While small businesses play a significant role in the establishment of new phases of industry, it is often during the latter phases of industrial innovation that large businesses gain in importance as greater resource costs are involved and considerable market power is required if innovation is to prove worthwhile (p. 6 in Rothwell 1983).
Berkshire's existing firms and investments are churning out more cash than Mr Buffett and Mr Munger know what to do with, and worthwhile acquisitions are proving hard to find.
But analysts said the company indicated last year that the alternatives were proving to be too expensive to be worthwhile.
"George [Baldock] played in the wide-right position - we took a chance on playing him because of his performance on Tuesday but he's proven it was a worthwhile decision for us.
A value of implementation analysis was undertaken to investigate under what conditions such implementation initiatives are likely to prove worthwhile [ 24, 25].
The desire to have a new idea published is so great that the originator is often led astray, and the method is broadcast before it has proved worthwhile, and before the technique has been perfected" [4].
That is vital, because the company needs a flow of new characters to supply its theme parks, its cable-TV programmes and its consumer-products division.The deal is expensive and will prove worthwhile for Disney's shareholders only if Pixar continues to be successful.
Even though the organisation of the market in the rail sector is not the main issue, the introduction of competition on the European railways may be said to have proved worthwhile.
