While Enron has a large pipeline business and other tangible properties, its core energy-trading operation was by far its most valuable franchise and the biggest generator of profits.
For example, at the end of 2008 Britain's firms had core capital (tangible common equity) of about £200 billion ($290 billion), and on top of this another £200 billion of "quasi-capital" consisting of such exotica as hybrid capital and "Tier 2" securities.
Factoring the most affective elements into a tangible product is the core of Kansei design.
Core competencies are tangible skill sets and functions that drive margin and create the barriers to entry for competitors in an information-age business.
Vitally, the hyper growth in these new categories is offsetting a tangible decrease in Etsy's core marketplace gross margin – down 8percentt over the past two years – most likely from discounting to new customers which has a contra-revenue (and thereby margin-contracting) effect.
"It forms an extremely tangible mission statement that communicates an institution's core values".
She wants a feminism that is difficult, that requires activism on a scale that will lead to tangible discomfort and re-thinking of one's core ideology.
The results were the first tangible signs of a recovery in the company's core business, where sales have lagged.
Cost of illness studies for major health risks such as overweight and obesity therefore have the potential to frame core policy issues in language that is tangible and accessible to policymakers.
The core of the show, as always, was less tangible.
