The government has initiated a "viability gap funding" scheme for public-private infrastructure projects, which will provide grants to solar developers "to support infrastructure projects that are economically justified but fall short of financial viability". That means that developers can afford to bid on projects at rates they know will not provide a viable profit margin going forward.
Bikes tend to inspire devotion, and a viable profit, rather than riches, is all that is required to attract new talent to the industry.
By far the most striking thing about the museum, though, is that it should exist as a viable, profit-making business in the first place.
But how to do it?On the face of it, there are two basic options: first, resuscitate the bank as a viable, profit-making institution until the taxpayer is repaid and Northern Rock returned to the private sector; or, second, run the Rock down, selling its assets and collaring the cash for the public purse.
Coursera intends to become a financially viable, profit-making university project - but raising income from internet traffic and add-on services, rather than directly charging users.
Headed by Amer Abdulaziz, a native of Bahrain who now resides primarily in Dubai and London, Phoenix Funds is an investment fund registered in Luxembourg, and unlike many Thoroughbred partnerships, which market themselves as entertainment endeavors and not financial opportunities, Phoenix Thoroughbreds hopes to make investing in Thoroughbreds a viable profit-making venture.
The school includes a viable, profit-generating farm that is a means of income for the project itself.
I don't think we can blame radio for desperately trying to grab hold of one of the last viable music profit streams, the live show, and harness their revenue there.
That means you don't have a viable for-profit business model, and if you were a bank you wouldn't give yourself money either.
If there is a viable for-profit strategy, however, then there are strong grounds to believe that supplying these laptops is best done for-profit, rather than out of charity or corporate social responsibility.Attracting capital for large-scale operations is easier for corporations than charities.
("The season is ruined, so why not destroy hope and sanity as well?") The cynic comments on all of the others from above the fray, mocking their opinions but offering no viable alternatives, and profiting from the enterprise.
